Winter Is Warm

Winter Is Warm

January 26, 2012

jp melville

you here beside me

in thought and things

slippers on the floor, one flipped on its side

box of tissues on your dresser, beside a silver case

four pillows on the bed, two more than mine

picture of venus on the wall, hibiscus plant resting

cool air of the room

outside snow, silently blanketing earth

one day i imagine

you will come home

in a future seeming only

impossibly far away

here

winter was warm

wood fire

voices of children

a cat curled with his tail to his nose

here

winter was warm

with you beside me

around me

in thought and things

here

with you beside me

in thought and in things

winter is warm

here

come to me

winter is warm