the cold

just what it sounds like

the cold
doesn't knock.
it isn't polite.
it just barges in.

shove over,
it says,
let me enter
your bones,

scrape your
lungs,
lick the tip
of your nose,

burn the tender
bits of your ear,
freeze your fingers,
and lap at your toes.

you know
how I feel
about the
cold,

and you
(so kindly)
invited
me in.

"No thank you," I said.
and If you weren't
sure before,
you are now.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Matching Socks]

Yesterday and today are ridiculously cold. And we got 30cm of snow!
Brrr. It's hard to adjust. Unlike you, I gain a size in the winter.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, well, try walking in it all day long and see if you can hold on to that extra poundage. I have to join a gym in summer to offset the less strenuous activity.:)

[Matching Socks]

I should take you mountain biking, you don't need a gym. Trust me. :)

[Delmar Cooper]

You left out shriveled testicles, but you would. Worst thing though is the small of the back when that goes the whole shebang comes tumbling down.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, that is miserable. Can't speak for the first thing.:)

[NoelHC]

I used to love the cold. Now I have a love/hate thing with it, and I am sliding into a pure hate relationship.
It would appear you got there at a faster rate than I.
You got your message(s) across well here.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, yeah, haven't liked the cold since 1988 (lived in Brazil) and I have to work in it. But it is good for me, unlike most people, I generally LOSE a size in the winter.

[therisa]

Lucky you, KL. I gain your lost size.

[Lyn Anderson]

AWW. It's just I am more active than most in the winter. It is my busy time.

[therisa]

Its Spring and Summer, for me.

[Rene Salinas]

Coldness in terms of distance. In terms of no relating. In terms of lack of interest. So for those who actually care about one another with warmth of heart this cold is unnapealing. Burn the tender bit of your ear. I remember that feeling. Haven't had it in a long time... But as for having a relationship were one of the participant is cold.

No thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

I really hate the cold, physically. But I prefer it to returning to hell.:)

[Rene Salinas]

Laughs, Better the frozen heavens! That the wrong partner....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that nasty visitor was really rude all those years i lived near chicago...with that biting, constant wind.

this poem made me feel that again....burrrrr, shiver.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, most definitely.

[redzone]

A cold heart is worse than any winter's night... may that heart crack and shatter into thousands of pieces... here, KL, sit by the fire in you poem, warm those fingers and toes and know that no-one can hurt you again... loved the flow of these words all the way through to the No Thank You...
redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

You are too kind, my friend. I started to read a couple of your new ones and they glitched on my phone. I will get back to them.

[redzone]

My phone does that too..I've written many wonderful reviews now forever lost in the ether

[Lyn Anderson]

Some computer savvy person told me its the script of this website.

[Sami Khalil]

Thanks for the reminder KL. I'm ready for it. Excellent...:).............

[Lyn Anderson]

Today it is very cold here.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, btw, as always.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome. I can imagine...:).............

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You would rather brave the cold thgan give him the satisfaction of feeling benevolent. Another powerful depiction of an encounter.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you as always, my friend. Man it is cold outside today.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It is cold here too but your -13 makes this seem like the Caribbean

[icelandicblue]

Oh the cold...it's coming my way. I literally felt this one!

[Lyn Anderson]

Minus 13 C this morning. Not looking forward to this winter. Even though it snowed only once that stayed for a few days and melted, it was the coldest November on record since the 1930's. BRRR, even though we had one day that was the warmest on record since the 1940's.

[icelandicblue]

I can't stand the cold. Boston is as north as I can take. I was built for the tropics. BRRRR is right.