Osmosis in Winter

Pretend you are standing on your tiny porch

looking out into the yard.

There is no screen, not even glass, and it isn’t windy.

It is snowing; there is a pool of it already collected evenly in the lawn.

It is a fine, dry snow –

                        it will be pleasant to walk through.

The snow is not threatening,

just soft, and you are standing there in the open door frame

watching it all.

You are not wearing a coat or proper shoes,

                        not even a hat.

                                    But you have a cup of tea

between your palms,

and that warmth

is in your body.