I remember the first day of winter

with the cold wind blowing through me

and snowflakes twirling, biting.

There you’d stand, strong against a season so bitter.

I remember your armor-coat you marched through the wind’s whisper,

and your peach-red cheeks while you smiled. A lone wanderer in a cold, white sea.

With a grin and a laugh you waved “hello,” beaming with glee.

In a treasure chest I stored the times we spent, precious gold and glitter.

But how quickly time went by, like melting icicles on rooftops.

The seasons changed, and the wind and snow whisked you away,

leaving me behind in spring’s gentle feelings of tender blue.

I watched you leave, and bled, like a ruby-like cherry crushed by a hand so cruel

My acid-tears burned my skin on that saturated day.

Now I remember winter alright, my bittersweet, lost season of you.