cold

Too often the cold is associated with an emotional feeling. Usually one that expresses depression. And sometimes too, the cold is associated with the lack of emotion, energy and movement. Here it is cold, but not depressing, and not emotionless. The cold is thick, weighted with water from the lake. The cold here does not stop when it pimples the skin into goose bumps, and instead persists till it unites with marrow of one's bones. The air of winter in Cleveland is no less vaporous during inhalation than it is in the opaque exhalations or one's breath. The water of the lake coats one's lungs and transits into ones circulatory system, until it it indistinguishable from the person them-self. Cold is lively and dynamic, and just as fleeting as the warmth.