Through Winter's Chill

She retains love like a child playing
Stubbornly through Winter’s chill
Running gleefully on numb thighs
Laughing until their bodies glow
Exhaling embers against a shock of white

She’s the throaty chuckle
Everyone’s memorized for the Hell of it
Because our inside jokes could stoke a fire
Prodding and churning flames against
Those who bite at our fingers

As she ever thrives through the years
We are all hugged by her like a scarf
When frost cakes in our lungs
And our breath curls like chimney smoke