you can’t have the winter

I won’t let you take this one from me.

I love snow.

I love the winter.

Hockey games & sled riding races.

Every year since the first year I stepped into snowboard boots, I have counted down the days for the moments on the mountain.

Snow boots and big coats.

I won’t let you take this one from me.

My skeleton screams.

Like old rusty gears.

My nose burns sharp spikes of pain.

My fingers throb from unhealed bones.

The cold doesn’t work for us anymore.

My ribs stiff and sore.

I won’t let you take this one from me.

Snowflakes on your face.

Chilly nose while breathing in the smell of hot coco.

I love cozy blankets.

Seeing my breath as I run with spikes on the bottoms of my shoes.

Shoveling driveways for a quick 20 bucks.

I love the crisp cold.

I won’t let you take this one from me.

I will suffer.

I will freeze and I will ignore, because I love the cold and I won’t let you take this one from me.