A Year Ago, Frozen (Poem)

It's been a year,

Since last you held me,

My loving heater,

Keeping me warm through winter.

In my dreams you

Laughed,

Giggled,

Cried.

And when I couldn't sleep,

You guided me through the night,

With steps so elegantly unreal,

To your frozen home.

Now the cold rules,

Mutual departure:

Night for one,

Day for another.

I hope you like it there,

In the land down below.

I like my Mesopotamia,

Up in the frozen mountains.

Now when I can't sleep,

I lay still,

And practice patience,

Waiting to explore another day.

There are times I see you,

In passersby,

Those familiar strangers,

And in beauty itself.

I miss you,

From how I only thought of you,

To our silent bus rides,

And the time spent walking together.

If you were real,

All of this might be touching.

I guess you're with me now,

In the womb of my mind.

The muse who whispered me your name

Has left though,

And I bid her farewell,

As I should have you.

-Zero