when winter broke and so did i
10-06-2002



the snow fell on my glasses and i walked through my own cloud of breath
little twinkling lights outlined each passing house,
luminescent ants running through the snow on the bushes
everything was quiet

i could picture myself turning and walking towards your house,
making fresh tracks up those unshovelled steps,
faint footsteps remained in both directions from sometime before
i stopped time waiting at your door

it finally opened and your mother looked at me, looking for her own voice
the wind and my hat filtered out any kind words,
you weren't there, you'd gone out with someone else
am i that easy to forget?

the wind scraped its nails along my face as it passed by,
spitting in my face at every chance,
it howled in my ears but i could still hear you laughing somewhere else
i didn't see it coming but i remember the feeling of falling.