Pylimitics

The recent summer days have been cool
we have had more rain than last year.
The warm ocean currents off the coast,
far beyond the sandy islands,
are said to be slowing and fading. 

The glaciers at the northern terminus of the currents
are melting. The cold fresh water cascading into the ocean
disrupts the great cycle of the currents.

We are told that our winters may become colder here
with more snow,
even as places far from us bake and dry out 
in the searing furnace of the heating world. 

In early winter evenings 
we often gather around the firepit behind the blue house. 
It is a refuge for friends and family against cruelty and chaos.

Blizzards and icy streets are also chaos,
and we take some comfort in huddling together amidst it all.
It feels like stoking kindness against cruelty.
Evenings in the cold can be the warmest.