Long Winters

"It was an adventure...."

Long Winters

Cold -
I needed her heat,
Small body of warmth
In this frigid air.
It was an adventure 
To live someplace so cold
In a house so very old
And make our own heat.
Resourceful, she set out
To crochet blankets and
Hardy, I went out to
Bring in more wood.
But those were the
Harsh extremes; 
That wasn’t the heat 
of every day.
Instead, 
We generated 
Our own with the
Bright colors 
We painted on 
Each other’s walls.

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