Heading out of my comfort zone
opening the door
engulfed in a wave from Dantes inferno


Daring to leave the artificial comfort
of the whirring cool breeze
I charge ahead fearlessly ahead


My steps quicken
as I rush headlong into steam
from the cement


Only a few more steps
and I will be safely inside
where I am in control of the air


Turning the key with moist fingers
a roaring of the mighty engine
quickly turning the dial


The air conditioning hums
and I have fearlessly run the gauntlet
from house to car


Summer in the midwest!