In These Places

(Picture by Elsa as well)

Winter is coming and

I’m sitting here

In the dark

Morning light.

Dreading the long

Winter

Months

Of cold and snow

Darkened skies

Faded sun

North Eastern window

Coats and boots

Lined in the hall

Crackling fire

Warm chenille blankets

Bodies cozied up

Warm Russian stories

And tea

And the howling of the wind

Around the house

I’m warming to the idea of winter

Returning my memory

To comforts only found

In these places.

~Elsa (my wife)