INTO THE WISHFUL WHITE

I lay in the park

On a cold cement bench

As meandering

Fluffy snowflakes fell

Landing in my eyes

Freezing my eyeballs

Open to the sky

I dreamed eyes wide

I was hanging from a rope

So I made a noose

Not to hang myself

But to pull myself up

I slipped as I struggled

And ended up hanging

With it cozy around my neck

Dangling from a tree

Children came to play

And made a circle of snowmen

Singing a choir song around me

The sun came out

And melted the rope binding me

I fell to the ground into a puddle

Of childhood love melted

Just in time to save me

The ice in my eyes began to melt

And I stood to leave the park

Tears streaming as my thoughts

Disappeared into the wishful white

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