February

Tell me who was the winner

of the first battle

and the year long war?

Was it you all along?

Or is your newfound freedom

shadowed in regret?

ejected at last into cold space

no longer tied to a home

I imagine you curled up and crying

without a roof to fix or a lawn to mow

It couldn't have been me

the love came up so short

the cherry was smaller than the pit

my tooth chipped on the stone

Imagine me crying when I

threw the diamond and gold away

Along with everything else

nothing works without you here

you could only fix machines

and clumsily break human beings

The house is empty

my heart is too

February reminds me of you