The Fires Inside

The days get old,
And the nights get cold,
As the winter rises close through the seasons.

The warm days have fled,
The summer dead,
And snow has started to fall.

But life goes on,
And even thrives,
When the fires inside keep you warm.

The roads are shut,
Plans are in a rut,
As ice coats the ground in the night.

Stuck all alone,
With no one else in the home,
And the nights grow longer and longer.

But life goes on,
And even thrives,
When the fires inside keep you warm.

Remember the sun,
What it felt like to run,
Through the wind and the rays of daylight.

The cold will not last
Winter will fade into the past,
And the spring will begin all over again.

Just give the year time,
Find consolation for the mind,
And friends will return when the roads clear.

For even when the time is dark and cold,
Life will go on,
And even thrive,
When the fires inside keep you warm.