Winter Wonderland

I look at the world

Through parted fingers

I see the snow

Sparkling in the sun

Know the glare should burn

Can't feel my squint

Though it should be there

I breath in

The heady sent of clean clean snow

Clear and bright

It reminds me of Christmas

And days spent sledding

I shift from one leg to the other

Hear the crunch

Buried branches snapping under my boots

Stumbling reminds me where I  am

Standing and waiting for the signal

Bend over to scoop up the snow

No  gloves

Biting cold

Doesn't matter

Wont last long

Pull down my hood

Just gets in the way

Behind me a child's voice

"One! Two! Three! GO!"

There it is

I turn sharply

Whip arm

Snowball flies

Reels back

Hit hard

Wet face

Still laughs