Winter, Like a Wasp

I watch them fall slowly, perfectly to the ground

As they land, they make not the hint of a sound

I breathe in the icy air, bittersweet as it enters my lungs

But in the still and the quiet

I breathe in once more

This time it's too late as I've been stung

Winter like a wasp so beautiful, yet contrite

She leaves us frail, she leaves us far apart

You and I forced to walk away with bandaged hearts

The petals of a Winter rose wither as the breeze carries them away

Let me fall asleep, and in dreams of dark snow I'll awake

I still remember the beauty concealed within your face

With eyes the color of December and lace

They pierce the heart while leaving nothing, not even a trace

Of the blackness, of the attractiveness

From lips that secrete the sweet taste of November rain

Yet turn blue in the first snowfall with a subtle refrain

So take my heart and keep it in chains

Keep it locked up and forever there, it shall remain

For this love burned as a white hot flame

And a love that falls apart is one that can never again be the same

If I could, I would

Be your everything

To have & to hold

Lost in time and after we've grown old

But I'm hidden within December's end

And I've sunken into the cracks again