Childhood Winters

I sit and watch the white snow
Piled up outside my window.
And I see in my memory
Red mittened hands and rosy cheeks
Of the child of long ago
Building snowmen and laughing
Against the wind
Such simple pleasures
For a child to enjoy
Making snow her winter toy.

Daydreams and thoughts of days gone by
While away my winter afternoons
Gazing at the white snow
Outside my door
I once again remember
Red mittened hands
Childish shrieks of joy
Playing in the snow
During the winters
I used to know.