it's only cold
when i buy you
flowers
and drive half way
across town
and miss
you

by 5 minutes.

it's only cold
when i hold you
complete
in my body
then painfully
wake from
the dream
that

i'm having.

it's only cold
when i step
outside
in subzero weather
without
my clothes
on

but let's face it
it's only
cold.