It slices seeps soaks
Deep down in your bones
Inundating you with awesome weariness
It aches in your joints
Tingles your toes
Reddens the nose
It bites the flesh
It chews the blood
It sucks out the warm life
From inside you.
It can make you come alive, out of stupor.
It can kill you, if you’re not careful.
Written during an unprecedented weeks-long winter storm, Seminole County, Okla.