On days like this
When masked in a frown
All day long indoors she remains
Stepping out but briefly for a peek
A rare fleeting stroll in the chilly wintry air
Let it to me be granted
That out in the frigidity engulfed
She finds and against me rubs
Or at a window I be seated
For her improbable winter smile in wait
For with that radiant beaming smile
The sun’s ebullience makes the day whole