So here we go:
The suburbs seemed to
hibernate under the soft cover of snow. There were no shouts nor laughter of
people returning to their homes, no cars driving in the distance, no
miscellaneous echoes of urban life. There were no singing wind, no whispering
trees. Only silence.
The air was sharply cold, quietly sneaking
into my throat and crawling down to make nest in my lungs. Its freezing embrace
sent tingling waves over my skin and I felt like my senses were fed by it
and grew keener to notice the small meanderings of the winter spirit that
flowed through the night.
My steps left traces to the powder-like snow.
It was gleaming magically under the light from the lamps illuminating the road and
the light turned the cozy way into one that would lead into a fairytale if one
believed in such things…
With the whole cosmos observing me through
the glimmering stars above, I continued down the road with sudden joy in my
heart. I wasn’t alone. Mother Nature was strongly present in everything I laid my
eyes upon. Frost-covered trees, icicles hanging from the corner of a house,
mesmerizing full moon. If there’s something magical in this world, it has to be
ardent in those moments.
I halted. A path so familiar and tempting
was ahead of me. It led to a forest of shadows and dreams and on that wonderful
moment I couldn’t help but to answer its call once again. I reached for my pocket
and took my music player out. For a second I hesitated. Then I turned it on,
placed the earphones to my ears and stepped on the path that would show me the way to
who knows where if I wasn’t careful.
It was amazing, fascinating and intense.
Letting my gaze roam through the landscape while freezing, wintery anthems surrounded me in the form of Bathory, Moonsorrow, Immortal, Wintersun and the
like. Urban interpretations of these primeval emotional surges blended
flawlessly and overwhelmingly to the scenes of nature before my eyes. With the winter now
within my mind and body, I walked deeper into the icy halls under the vault of
the night sky…
