A deep freeze

It's not news to anyone who's been
Out today, it's cold out -profoundly 
So. My skin has just begun to thaw
In the warmth of a very comfortable 
Room. It tingles, itchy, smarting as 
It warms up, unsure that it is OK to
Relax or ease into the temperature 
In which there is no pain, sitting in
Short sleeves, happily feeling air 
Not layers of clothing swaddling
Me against whipping winds and 
Egregious chills. I am lighter on my
Own outside the winter jackets, the
Protections through which gales
Force themselves, against my will.