introduction
summer
don’t you remember how it felt to fall into anticipation
into cold water
into love
and then out of love
don’t you remember how funny it was
2 am in a tattered booth
that joke you whispered into my ear
pointer finger on my pulse
thumbprint left in my heart
lingering long after you weren’t
autumn
don’t you remember the look in my eyes
when i told you i couldn’t pretend to be happy anymore
and that was the truth
i was never good at pretending
never good at being the last person to let go
winter
it is winter now
in this exact moment
cold and bleak
frostbite knocks
once
twice
and i let it in
it is good to feel numb again
