When I Was Younger And You Were Not

#When I Was Younger And You Were Not

When I was younger and you were not 
You taught me how to catch snowflakes on my tongue
    Caught up in our own twin bleak landscapes
    We walked for days, together
    Me, bundled in my mittens and wellies
    And you dressed for some sort of luau
        Until
    One finally landed
    And with perfect melodic heartbeat synchonicity
    It exploded on my frozen lips 
    Thousands of flourescent cascades 
    Shimmering shiver-sizzles
    And was gone… 
    Fools, in their madness
    Know that the sunrise is only an illusion
(When I was younger and you were not)
    Just a smattering of dust against the windshield
    "There are no true new beginnings!" they exclaim,
    Eyes glazed in their wisdom
    But false or not, 
    It takes my breath anyway. 
    So I would rather be
    Naively conned than a jaded connosieur 
    So what?
(When I was younger and you were not)
    Every time it snows
    I walk for days, alone
    And when I try to remember
    The way you used to look at me
    And find I no longer can
    It's okay. 
    It's becoming okay. 
    The sun is in my eyes
    And the taste of freshly fallen kisses 
    Still lingers on my tongue
    Feet ache now from walking
    But they remember a time
When I was younger and you were not

-LFF

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