And the chill in the air shivers me again
For now it's cold and clear
Finally a break from the rain
In the gray monochrome January world
The rain becomes salt in the wound
This winter without snow
Is leaving me languished and lonely
I sit at the window and imagine the drifts
Eyes soon focus
Children playing in fresh fallen snow
Become ice encrusted bushes swaying in the wind
It's midnight in January
And the rain returns once more
In this winter without snow