Featured Illustration: Lara Paulussen
Splatter of maroon across the canvas
Neighboring pine trees
Tickling lush green bushes
Light playfully resiles from the trees
Their silhouettes
Conceived
In light autumn breeze
The cold is comforting
Matching our despondence
Instead of bright lights
Stretching lips
Into smiles
That take precedence
The hush of the streets
Leaves room for voices
The cold of nights
Leave room for warm
Embraces
The world
Stirred into
Fumes of hot chocolate
Enveloping marshmallows
We savour
With loved ones