The Freeze and Thaw of Winter

There was a period of our lives when we were not the type to unpack.
We just couldn’t face forever right then and there, we drove with the windows down, sun in our
hair.
We just couldn’t sleep at night with so many stars above, wrapped up in summer, in music, in
love.
We held so very much love, we were not able to see what we lack.

Our skin bore our sweat, our faces bore our smiles, we were free
We were so happy the bills couldn’t seem to matter much, we wrapped ourselves up in our
touch.
Flowers sprang up when our feet touched the ground, the birds grew louder, the sun hotter, the
sound.
Nothing more for us to hold, heaven was all that we could see

The harshness of winter brought the dull to our open eyes
We took all that we could bare, we trudged into one another’s arms, our breath made fog in the
air.
The world was silent and then we were too, we became unaware of each other’s time, nothing to
do
If Omission is a sin than our house of bricks was made up of lies


I cannot see him, he cannot see me no matter how he tries
I would speculate as to him but not and never we, he would speculate of another trying to bed
me.
We enjoyed our meals and showers at different times of day, our bed a place of sex without
play
We were not aware of the blinding of our eyes

It reached a dark brink at the beginning of the spring
An angry sad morning taken without coffee or sleep, the birds were singing instead of cars will
beep
Lighter jackets, and light shoes, the sky was very blue, not grey so we poured out all of our
blues
He and I became a person, no longer just a thing