You've been out here in the wind awhile.
Now, I don't mind the snow.
But I'll lick my chapping lips and ask,
you if you're feeling cold.
It's all been tacks and eggshells
since the Summer hung its hat;
October laughed, we shrugged our shoulders,
covered miles,
but still we left the biggest thoughts unasked.
Clutch your coat
and walk
another snow-clad block
with me--
We're almost back.
Fight
these doldrums
off
with me,
invite
the snowflakes in
my open doorway
closing off night.
**** the cold,
'cuz we're all in.
Leaking away
'til night gives way to the day.
Until the Springtime thaw rolls in.
I've been frozen in my tracks so long,
the ice hangs from my chin.
I still dangle on each laughed-out word
that you toss in the wind.
You say you're sick of shivering--
sick and tired of last year's coat.
"It's all old hat, but it's familiar..."
sketch a smile
across my face, melt snowballs in my throat.
Grab my arm
and leap
that final icy step
with me--
We're nearly home.
Maybe we were never
gonna be a thing but cold.
But I still like the way you hold
your shoulders when you laugh.
Maybe we can never grow up,
just keep getting old...
Stick with me tonight, I swear
we'll warm this place by half.
Fight
these doldrums
off
with me,
invite
the snowflakes in
to our bleary eyes
swelled full of night.
Out of reasons,
we're all in.
Leaking away
'til night gives way to the day.
Until the Springtime thaw rolls in.
Dec 14, 2016
Dec 14, 2016 at 11:45 AM UTC
You've been out here in the wind awhile.
Now, I don't mind the snow.
But I'll lick my chapping lips and ask,
you if you're feeling cold.
It's all been tacks and eggshells
since the Summer hung its hat;
October laughed, we shrugged our shoulders,
covered miles,
but still we left the biggest thoughts unasked.
Clutch your coat
and walk
another snow-clad block
with me--
We're almost back.
Fight
these doldrums
off
with me,
invite
the snowflakes in
my open doorway
closing off night.
**** the cold,
'cuz we're all in.
Leaking away
'til night gives way to the day.
Until the Springtime thaw rolls in.
I've been frozen in my tracks so long,
the ice hangs from my chin.
I still dangle on each laughed-out word
that you toss in the wind.
You say you're sick of shivering--
sick and tired of last year's coat.
"It's all old hat, but it's familiar..."
sketch a smile
across my face, melt snowballs in my throat.
Grab my arm
and leap
that final icy step
with me--
We're nearly home.
Maybe we were never
gonna be a thing but cold.
But I still like the way you hold
your shoulders when you laugh.
Maybe we can never grow up,
just keep getting old...
Stick with me tonight, I swear
we'll warm this place by half.
Fight
these doldrums
off
with me,
invite
the snowflakes in
to our bleary eyes
swelled full of night.
Out of reasons,
we're all in.
Leaking away
'til night gives way to the day.
Until the Springtime thaw rolls in.
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