Goodbye to Winter

I’m not ready yet to say goodbye to winter
These recent spring days have been too warm
Haven’t allowed my body to drift deep enough
Into restorative, rest-filled sleep.

I’m not ready yet to say goodbye to winter
My thermostat is still set for subfreezing
Missing temperatures falling below zero
Mornings calm and still and new-white.

I’m not ready yet to say goodbye to winter
For there hasn’t been a slow trickling away
An easing into the season-soon-to-come
Rather, the door has been slammed.

I’m not ready yet to say goodbye to winter
For I waited for too many tomorrows
To make my snow-angels and the igloos
And simply relish it while it was here.