Cold

Frozen, so cold the rabbits don't come out and play anymore under the apple tree in my front yard. The grass is invisible under the white layer that keeps it frozen until it's time to breathe again in the spring. White everything, on the roads and sidewalks and building tops. Footprints everywhere take you nowhere you need to go because it's too cold. Ice is not clear it is black and will make you sorry if you tread on it wrong. One wrong step and you will go down to the frozen ground around you, stopping only when the ice says it's time. Injured and frozen you won't move until you're warm again but you can't be warm because it's so damn cold.