Waiting For The World To Thaw

We wait,

For the world to thaw,

Pick diamonds from the gate 

And frost from the door.

Let us dress

In layers

In best 

And wrap and guess 

Children's prayers 

And rest.

Hang lights 

For strangers 

And stars

For gift exchangers.

On dark nights

De ice

Against flickering lights

Return late and

Pay the price

Drop the bags

Laden with the bar

Remember to be nice

Write their tags with

Dreams door ajar.

Lay, wake, prepare 

Cross the days

Against lovers glare

And lose the gaze 

That brought you there. 

It will end,

Soon enough

In paper and lights and blend

Memories surrounding bluff.

We wait,

For the world to thaw,

Pick splinters from the gate 

And sunlight from the door.