by Jeph Johnson
the winter sun
counts the hours
with its light,
we draw closer
to the end
of the year
the clock ticks
its last
at midnight
and the year
you were mine
disappears
fireworks
light up
the night,
exposing
eyes filled
with my tears
the sky is
still blazing
with light
as the year
you were mine
disappears
the snow turns
the landscape
to white
like the blank page
my emptiness
mirrors
I wonder
if next year
we might
for the year
you were mine's
disappeared