Eyes open
toes are tingling.
Under layers and layers of clothing and quilts
my body still trembles.
Get up, look out.
the world is lost in white.
White and grey.

No birds sing a morning melody.
No creatures scurry around.
All sign of life,
gone. Empty.
Trees cold, bare, and scrawny.
Their hunger aching for the sun.
Beating hearts huddle together
deep inside Earth's body for warmth.
Waiting for the light to awaken them.

Icy breath breathes down my neck,
tremors shiver down my spine to my toes.
I am exhausted form a sleepless slumber.
Every inch of my body aches for warmth
as it is draped in soft fleece blankets.
I fold myself up in quilts yet
my limbs still shake.

The emptiness is unbearable,
a block of ice deep in my gut.
Emotions travel through my veins, trembling.
I force myself to lift my hazy eyes up
to look for one last time.
As a hint of movement is heard through the naked twigs,
a sparkle reflects off the snow,
Earth beings to filled with life again
and a bit of hope is found.