keep your / hand on the rail / if / all / else fails

<< Tuesday, May. 30, 2006 - 10:53 pm >>
some things you just can't be

my shoulders are so sore from hugging myself from the insinuating cold. i hate this time of the year, just right after the fall and before the onset of winter. pretty things turn ugly. even the ground shies away from the sky. my summer tan has somewhat faded though. and what other things have i lost?

i remember watching headlights disappear on snow covered roads under the moon-lit sky. holding chestnuts as hot as burning coals. frozen persimmons sweeter than honey. the snowfights. cousins. reindeer-red nosed. gloved and beloved. so much i've gained and lost. so much i long for.