Twenty below and flurries instead of stars

Yes I know the whole world is covered in snow. Part of it at least. My part especially. It's freezing, it's snowing, the shoes are creaking. What happened?! Wasn't it summer just the other day?

I wish I could see some stars instead of the flakes dangling as if being held up by fishing lines, ready to be jerked back up like a theatre back drop, killing the illusion. Let us bow our heads and remember the summer passed. It was hot, it rained, there was music, it contained trips, books and my arms stretched towards the sky in an attempt to embrace it.

It'll be summer soon again and I'll wonder what happened to winter, I'll wonder how spring managed to escape me and life will change once more. Perhaps it's just the new year howling. I'm ready. Come get me. I don't fear you right this moment, but maybe it's the stage set up that makes me comfortable.