Winter is a harsh and cruel mistress She freezes everything with her cold breath She covers all the land with her white dress She brings the dark, the silence, and the death

But winter is also a gentle friend She gives us time to rest and to reflect She shows us beauty in the snow and wind She teaches us to cherish and protect

Winter is a paradox of love and hate She makes us suffer and she makes us smile She is the season of both joy and fate She is the challenge and the reward of our trial

Winter is a poem that we must read She is the lesson that we all need