Life Through a Frosted Lens

Ice‑burned frost on the window seal Januarys chill still feels so unreal Bare feet pressed to the cold hardwood Long nights dragging like they never should Gray light choking through the clouded pane Wind howls low like a rusted chain We dream the warmth will come again Winter stays like an unwanted friend Winter grips us like a frozen hell Colors drowned in a darkened veil Snow falls heavy on a stormy night Blue turns black then black turns white The cold sinks deeper in my skin Let the warm begin Porch light buried in a drift of white Smoke curls thin in the starving night Salt trucks crackling down the driveway bend Sharp air cutting, wishing days would end Gray light choking through the clouded pane Wind howls low like a rusted chain We dream the warmth will come again But winter stays like an unwanted friend Winter grips us like a frozen hell Colors drowned in a darkened veil Snow falls heavy on a stormy night Blue turns black then black turns white The cold sinks deeper in my skin Let the warm begin All that I hoped, buried in snow Frozen frames where the warmth once showed Footsteps fading where the silence grows I see the world in a muted glow Winter grips us like a frozen hell Colors drowned in a darkened veil Snow falls heavy on a stormy night Blue turns black then black turns white The cold sinks deeper in my skin Let the warm begin Streetlight halos in the melting air Warm breath rising like a waking prayer Soft buds reaching for a gentler sky Another season arrives — goodbye