Winter

I see snow falling out side my window and I think 'Oh what a beauty but I wish it will end' For as fascinating as they may be To a girl from the tropical rainforest Where the only thing that falls from the sky Is rain thundering down the earth Like tears from a hungry baby Calling out for attention This thing they call winter Is no safe place to be For no amount of hot chocolate Can replace the shining sun That is always ever present But I never saw back home Because although I can't see the cold I can feel it at the tip of my toes Or rather I can't feel them at all Even wrapped around thick wollen socks That cost too much for a pair But now I know how its like To have nights that refuse to leave That steals away the day And numbs the colour out of life Now I know how it is That building a man out of snow And drawing an angel on the ground And sleighing down on cheap childish slides With the icy air piercing against my face Makes me wonder 'how did I not have this in my childhood?' Now I know how it is That I'm just a girl from the tropics And the leafy greens breathe life And that the hot and sweaty air Weighs you down and never leaves But I'd rather that than five layers of jackets And still feeling the chill to my bones So bring me back to the land Where sun and rain don't need seasons But come and go as they wish And the nights appear and leave Just like the trains out of Waverley On time and precise, never early never late Because they too get tired of the dark