She packed a ton of dreams in her bag, and her eyes sparkled with a
green spring glow... Wanting to run and shout like a small girl in the world of
grown-up outer space. She was ready to start a new era, and when she leaves the
town today, she would set her foot on the doorstep of the copper city, where a
new dream with a rosy dome, bright sun, and a little spoiled autumn rain.
The slap of the biting cold wind was enough to smack her in the
face and dampen her excitement. She looked around and found that the heavy
clothes were
on people rather than on them.
The pedestrians did not stop moving;
they streamed in a colorful
torrent of woolen shawls and hats, while
the sky, heavy with pink clouds in the
dark of the night, was too beautiful
to be distinguished in the cold.
The floor under her feet was covered with what looked like dirty
white ceramic, with large shoe prints left by people.
She wondered,
"Am I delusional, or is the ground really frozen?"
She bent down foolishly to touch the ground, and her eyes shone
with a sparkle that broke the intensity of a shiver that ran through her body.
It was the first time she had seen a real winter covered in snow, freezing
people's voices, leaving only echoes of smoke drifting from their mouths.
She rushed without stopping, cutting that colorful torrent, her
dream bag becoming lighter, skipping one more wish.
She stood among the tall buildings as if in the land of giants, where
people had become very small, as if they were inside a snow globe. Whenever it
was shaken, their hair and pockets were filled with snow, so she opened her
mouth wide, trying to catch some of the fallen snow.
She was aware of the absurdity of her look as she attempted to
embrace the sky with open arms, asking for more, and with a wide-open mouth,
trying to catch the snow that soon melts the moment it touches the skin of her
face.
It was a delicious obsession she had never experienced before, a
feeling of fascination not so different from a baby's first time seeing shiny
things, or like his infatuation with the dancing, colorful wall shadows
reflected by a dim light beside his rocking bed.
and how much the cold city lights were flickering inside her...
She grabbed the winter by his extended hand and pulled him to a
nearby spot with a colorful banner. She wanted to talk with him... She invited
him to drink warm coffee and stare at passersby under the fluffy snow showers.

There is nothing better than staring at people you don't know, much
like those cinematic portraits of people walking through a certain rhythm
played by a strong wind.
She wanted so much to be in one of these winter portraits, as she
had enough of just gazing at the magical chest that was sitting in the middle of the living room.
She wished her parents had experienced a real winter... she
thought... Maybe my mom would invite the winter man to drink green tea and chat while she knits him a woolen hat.
She doesn't remember owning a woolen hat as a child...
She peeked at the man sitting next to her, who was staring at the
passersby...
His coffee was becoming warmly cold.
Is there another color for winter that she does not know...? That
heavy silence makes white clouds come out of your mouth whenever you try to
speak, so you exhale.
She wanted something like winter but warm...
The stare continued, snow falling from the sky, and a thin streak
of smoke emanating from the frozen cup of coffee.
-
I can't stand it anymore she
said it eagerly
-
I want to play with the snow... I want to build a snowman...
She jumped to her feet excitedly and signaled to the winter man to
escort her... but he did not move.
She ran toward the road, collecting her coat in her hands, forming
what looked like a large bowl.
-
I will collect as much snow as possible she repeated excitedly
Dancing under the white kisses, she became more certain that the
sky does not rain cotton.
And that the ground may become slippery and dangerous.
And that man who was supposed to dance with her under the snow was
staring at her from behind the glass.
As if it were her, too... even only for a moment in a crystal globe.