Loving You In Winter

Rough manly lines and a stark striking blue

Jump out against the season’s moody sky

Tracing your depths, my flesh colored anew

I’m jolted from sleep inside my mind’s eye

 

Coaxed out winter’s cloud, you enhance my hues

With vibrant layers cutting through the  haze

Painting my world, Reframing all my views

Emptiness takes form as you shape the grays

 

Without you to sculpt some texture for me

I’d be consumed by the season’s bleakness

Or I’d wash away in my flattened sea

But you save me, dripping with uniqueness

 

My vitality until I’m thawed through

I’ll love you spring, summer, and fall too