Note: This is a continuation of [The Barrens].

it is so strange to love
while walking this snowy landscape once more
as evergreens rebirth amid the fallen
sun’s light refracting my face
finding everything i need wading in these ashes of you

you showed me all by implication
and then this snow and ash unnatural
over analysis fleeing self in small joys
snow and ash and miracles

you made me want to say
that love was just the air

well i said it for years

and now while the snow melts
and the ashes fly in the wind
i’m taking it back