a baby's winter

i walked into a cold home
with my hopes frozen on the white kitchen tiles
only the clatter of
the pots and pans
just to make a noise
i laughed at the noise
but it hurt.

it wasn't a cry for help,
i was just so
lonely

i put on the same scarf everyday
i drowned in the snow
i thought about the blizzard when i was 12
when the snow devoured our front yard
and ate all the flowers
and i was happy i didn't have to go to school,
but i didn't want to go outside

when i did
i wore a pink puffy jacket
and hopped like a rabbit, with tiny albino eyes
with tiny pink tears.

"let's go inside," she said.
"you're going to get sick."

my parents, i left them
i looked at the ground
and i saw one little stem
and it crumbled in my hand.




Poetry by anguisette
Read 692 times
Written on 2008-09-25 at 18:27

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