I Don't Want To Sleep In The Snow Poem by Paula Glynn

I don't want to sleep in the pure white snow
Not when I have a beautiful apartment
I don't want to sleep in the cold snow
Not when a comfortable roof over my head
Protects me from the bitter
And incredibly harsh winter snow.

I don't want those snowflakes
Falling upon me in winter darkness
Where my body would freeze
From the harsh winter snow
Those months where nature
Hibernates and waits for colourful springtime.

No matter how pretty and romantic winter
My apartment always protects
Me from winter's cruel coldness
My stylish apartment protects
Me from its supernatural elements
And its enchanting allure.

With all of the people homeless
This bitterly cold winter
You have to pray they find warmth
And give money to homeless charities
Because it could be me:
All it takes is a missed rent payment.

All it takes is an unauthorized
Day off work, your employer
Quick to find a different worker
And you can't afford to be sick
Knowing you don't want to sleep
In the winter on those old church steps.