Evergreen Tree

i've seen snow

fall on the other

side of this window,

evergreen tree,

a million

closed eyes

and sun rotations

to prove we're

only human

only human

too many soft

sighs to count

touch my elbow

again, it's too early

and too late and

every minute is

only human

another reason to

stay,

flower in your

hand or in my

hair or across our

lips like promises,

your legs my legs

ours, we know,

now the sun's

too hot and

your window won't

roll down, woozy,

sick, stumble over

our own words

drowning in the

feeling

only human

your, my, everything

i want to see

another snow,

catch footprints

raindrops

penny heads up

argue with the sky,

but you're still there:

evergreen tree

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