Coldness draped across her skin
Triggered not by the peaking December solstice
But by the words that came out of his mouth
“Let’s bring everything to a halt”, he uttered
Those words were like thin wisp of smoke
That spiraled through deafening silence
She dreaded this day coming
She tried to stifle her crying
Matched with convulsive gasping
and catching of breath
Until much too late
For her daze was already blurred with tears
And as hot raindrops fell freely
On either sides of her pink-tinged face
Like twin waterfalls
He also found his way
To vamoose into thin air
And oblivion.