winter is coming

finishing the late shift at eight, walking to my car.
it wasn’t until i got in that i smelt winter.
the drive home, getting out of the car, my house – all the rooms upstairs – my room – smells and feels like winter.
we’ll have heat before april is out, but today is the first day of winter, remarkably different from any day that has come before.  the temperature is right, the feeling is right.
my winter is coming.
my season.
finally i can be done with all this wretched heat.

my time to be alive approaches.

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Commentary
April 24, 2010

Whether I post an entry about it or not, I always celebrate the arrival of winter, and I always have a day when the air tastes just right to herald the colder season in. While I no longer hate summer, I believe I will always adore Autumn and Winter.