Winter!

The cold dark emptiness of winter bates
Its edge because of you; the bitter shell
Of freezing black surrounding life deflates
And living is no longer icy hell.
It's warmer when you're near, even outside,
Despite the snow that threatens in the air;
The promise of destruction is denied
When I can watch the way you toss your hair.
Forecasts of freezing rain can be ignored,
Gloomy deserted days no longer fright,
And nothing can be truly untoward
When you are here to help me sleep at night.
Winter is no winter without snow
And snow will melt away from your smile's glow.