Serenity

We sat in the silence of the night watching the snow fall, adding another layer to the foot of snow already on the ground. The branches of the trees bowed with the heavy load they were carrying, bending towards the floor. The icy air whistled around my ears, causing my skin to tingle and sting. My fingers and toes were numb, but I wasn’t bothered by it.
I tore my gaze away from the forest of trees to look up at Vinnie when I felt him nudge my shoulder. I noticed his red nose and face scrunched up trying to bear the cold. He obviously wasn’t in a state of blissful peace as I was. Feeling guilty, I opened my mouth to tell him to go inside, but he shushed me and nodded to a house in the distance. It was lit up with Christmas lights and decorated with an inflatable Santa Claus and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. The lights were blurry to me, but it was more beautiful this way. The reds and greens blended together and the yellows stood out bright like the stars. Everything seemed quieter, almost muffled this winter night.