I confess I do not enjoy winter. I am definitely a summer person. That being said, there are those rare winter days when it all comes together. This is a salute to THOSE days.
Dawn Patrol
The sun rode low in the eastern sky and chased the midnight blue He rousted, climbing slowly up to start the day anew He fired the horizon’s edge and woke a billion gems White diamonds blazing brilliantly like royal diadems The air was crisp and shimmering as if but freshly born A whisper would be heard for miles on such a winter’s morn When out into this wonderland we would be heroes came Our voices hushed in reverence we faced the morning flame Our noses beamed a frozen red and red shone each ones cheeks And yet we paid no heed for we had watched for this for weeks As hounds who leap at a foxes scent we quick took up the trail With heads bent low we forged ahead through winter’s deep travail Our breath like locomotive steam ensconced our heads in mist Each icy inhalation brought my lips a frozen kiss Disdaining words we would not taint the morning’s holy glow We summited the peak and found our quarry down below Eluding us all summer, deftly dodging through the fall The wily foe below us would soon kneel as our thrall We glanced at one another, to the heavens gave a nod Then grimly smiled solemnly like frozen mountain gods My heartbeat quickened feverishly as we prepared our gear The time had come for which we three had longed almost a year With practiced skill we took our aim, as one we three let fly With gaping mouths we loosed our hot and steaming battle cry Adrenaline swelled my throbbing veins as down the hill we flew I laughed aside the chilling blades that towards our faces blew We hit the ramp at fatal speed, into the air we dashed A pillowed landing far below, the blinding powder splashed And in that instant we were kings, brave conquerors we three For we had braved perdition’s hill and flown amongst the trees We sat there proud and laughed aloud, bold monarchs on our thrones And praised the builders of those chairs, Goodyear and Firestone. COF What is your fondest childhood winter memory?