Warm Winters

it's weird
because Vermont winters
are cold and harsh
but feel warm 
and welcoming
sitting together watching movies
and watching snow slowly drift to the ground in the morning
or in the moonlight when all is quiet 
it's dangerously wonderful
how the sparkling snow
and glittering ice layering the trees
disguises the piercing cold
and slippery roads
but to walk through the silent woods that could be mistaken
as a winter wonderland
or sit with your family
stuck inside on those snow days
makes everything okay