Ode to winter

​Winter
Where do I begin with you?

How can so much
have passed
in so little time?

You have been crisp
blue-eyed,
wide with hope. 
After being asleep
for so long,
You have woken me up.
You have seen my dreams,
the ones I hold close
and fast to my heart
flutter out in the breeze,
and come true -
More beautifully than
I could have imagined.

Winter you have seen me
love again,
love fully,
unreservedly -
and dance unfettered,
among the stars.
I try to count
on my fingertips
all I'm thankful for
and it never seems to end.

I close my eyes and
think back to last season -
how much my life changed then,
and I can tell you
if my life was jumping around then
This winter,
its done a somersault over a ravine

But I wouldn't have it any other way.

You, 
Winter
You are the coolest.

But please,
bring on Spring -
I am welcoming the sunshine,
bright-eyed and smiling...

I am ready