Carried along by
currents of change
in work, relationships,
I found myself living
far from my familiar
climes where we switched
off heating at bedtime,
never used central heating.
Th mountains nearby
now made a pleasant
scenic route to work
in the next town. But
snow made the
winter air so icy.
I coughed so much
a senior colleague
lectured me on doctors
and prescriptions.
I crossed a new frontier
warming my bedroom
nightly with a heater.
Final acclimatisation came
when I bought another car
with new lights and
gadgets on its dashboard.
Each winter morning
I drove to work with
heater purring and
freezing temperature
digits brightly glowing.
Now I shivered
with icy cold
in my new car.
Previously posted July 22016.
lifecameos 