outside

Yesterday I never left my house. Or even my pajamas. But today - I ventured outside. I stood in the cold air on the porch & tried to decide if I could shovel the walk & brush the snow off the car without putting on long underwear.

On my drive across town, I held tight to the steering wheel, afraid of losing control of the car. Of myself. By the time I got home, school had been canceled & I returned to the warmth & safety of my pajamas. Out of the cold darkness of winter.