Winter Nights

We spent forever

in the winter night

embracing the cold,

frost clinging to our lashes,

and the frigid wind

whipping at huddled bodies

nestled together.

Folding into each other

like a pile of purring kittens;

a matrix of bodies

knit together

to kindle a small

pit of warmth.

Our forever ended,

as we made our ways home,

chased away by the chill

seeping through our bones.

Yet, even as the cold

nipped at our heels,

rushing us back home,

a part of us stayed

in the winter snow.

Outside, under the

shimmer of stars,

a permanent part

of the still

winter landscape.