Cold refrain

Shiver
Shake
In pleasure
As the cold wind blows

I
Who am used
To the light
And the heat
And the sweat in my pores

I love the cold.

Sweet
Welcoming cold
Like a lover's arms
You envelop
My soul

I love the cold
And cloudy days
When my words mist
In so many different ways

And my breath
Is lazy smoke
Swirling through the haze
Of lazy days and hope

Oh cold!
When you are gone
You shall be
The lover I never regret

In coming days of sweat
And toil
When days bring to a boil
My body and my brain
You will be my refrain

The way you slipped through
My blood and my bones
And every other part
To make my mind your home
And settle in my heart.