snow days live forever

white creatures swirl and twirl
frost nips at icy noses
the air crackles,
disturbed by the motion

melodious laughter echoes through
the frozen night
Shrieks of pleasure follow thumping shoes
and the booming of bodies crashing

slipping, running, sliding
into piles of snow
puffs of winter white erupting
after every collision

smiles warm the ice layers on cheeks
snow creeps into the clothes
sandwiched between stinging flesh
and frozen cloth.

footprints chasing footprints
disappearring into crevasses in the snow
angels appear in the rustled drifts

the snow will melt
summer will come
friends will fade
and life will move on

but the happiness will live.
in that moment they were infinite.