BONE COLD

I have been so cold

for so long.

Wary, weary

watching, waiting

for something to bring warmth.

And you came

and you offered

more than you thought you did

and I felt the heat

that I'd heard so much about

that I'd hungered for

that I'd hoped would be harvested

years before

but had only finally come to my home

and then was gone again

just as fast.

Now I'm more fully frozen

than ever

and the memory

the contrast

leaves me colder still.