winter

2nd installment in a series of poem (previous is "autumn")

bare branches and indifferent wind

where should I even begin

you left me, abandoned me, and then

you came back, begged me to let you in

one year turned to two turned to five

an endless winter, I was frozen alive

you came back like birds in the spring

but you came back different, I didn't know what to think

bare branches and an indifferent wind

I gave you the note because I couldn't let you back in

I had given you my heart, your absence tore it apart

and seeing you like that took me someplace lonely and dark

I walked by because it hurt to stop

it hurt so much that I couldn't talk

I realized then how much you want to me

lonely winters blinded me, but now I can see

bare branches and an indifferent wind

I'm begging you to take me back, let me in

but goodbye broke your heart

the door's long since closed, now, I'm freezing in the dark