佚名/Anonymous
As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours. It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements; I took a deep breath to hear more snow was coming.
As I walked I looked up, trying to realize what made this day so beautiful, so serene. It was as if time had been put temporarily on hold and I along with it. Or maybe I was the only one unpaused……
Either way, the solitude was comforting, and I sensed myself floating away. I sat down on the edge of a curb and listened. All there was to hear was the wind rushing over the top of my head and circling some old, cracking leaves some yards away. To me it was the reassuring sound of nature, trying not to be forgotten.
It did start to snow. None of these little flurries, but big, fat flakes which clung immediately to their surface.
Then it was time to go and my reverie had to end. As I began walking again, I drifted back into this time frame, calm and cleared.
Now if only I could remember where I was going.
我一走出門，一片明亮的雪白地毯就映入了眼簾。盡管寒風刺骨，但我內心溫暖無比，覺得自己好像能散發出熱量。我渴望在這冰天雪地裏長久地停留，這種天氣是上蒼通過環境與我們對話的方式。我作了一個深呼吸，傾聽雪兒紛至遝來的腳步聲。
我仰望而行，試著去了解是什麽使這個日子如此美麗、安寧。似乎時間曾有片刻停滯，我也同它一起；或者，也許我是唯一不曾靜止的……
不管怎樣，這種孤獨如此舒適，我感覺自己飄了起來。我坐在路邊傾聽，隻聽見寒風從頭頂呼嘯而過，卷起一些枯枝落葉，落到幾碼遠的地方。在我看來，這是大自然寬慰的聲音，令人難以忘卻。