Early this morning I couldn't help to feel alive

I turned around, seeing footprints in the soft layer of snow

It was my footprints, me walking

I could feel the cold but at the same time overwhelming warmth inside of me

In the silence I heard snowflakes easily hitting my jacket

I faced my head up in the sky, smiling

Even enjoying the dark because I knew there was a sun to come

Maybe not today but soon enough

And for a while I had forgotten all my worries

I tested and yes, I heard it crunching under my feet