It would be nice to live in warmth
to give in to heat and all its comfort
but temperateness can breed lethargy
tends to cultivate habitual ease
the cold requires constant confrontation
movement to combat the creeping chill
the steady, dogged, application of will
not motivation to socialize but survive
bundled bodies fortified against the freeze
with nothing save courage and drive
as unpleasant, even despairing as it can be
Winter tempers spirit and ability
the anvil- life, the pounding hammer- frost
and we the heated glowing steel
turned, folded, beaten, pummeled,
broken and reformed- sharper, stronger, adaptable
fortitude is never free, suffering a seasonal reality.
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