Coolness

Coolness Sublime coolness How I missed you Flowing into the house Your feathery touch Brushing my face Lifting spirits Coolness Filling the body’s vacuum Inhaling and Exhaling too Breathing you in Letting you go Chest rising and falling Walking through coolness Arms cut the air They displace it Then place it In a basket Like fruit Stored against winter’s hunger Licking at air’s coolness As it flows over and under Like a kitten’s tongue Lapping the milk’s sweetness Or a child’s energetic gorging Of a cone’s silkiness Whether vanilla, strawberry or chocolate Coolness Not yet coldness Nature’s balm Building a nest with the Thinnest of sticks Insulating, protecting from Winter’s frostiness KDK 100th version