Winter Freezes...!!

As the depressing winter creeps in

The days become shorter…the nights longer

Dwelling in nostalgia

Thoughts of happier times cripple me…

Every whiff…every word of every song…

Reminds me…mocks me…derides me…

I long for those foggy nights

Those peels of laughter

That incessant banter

The conspicuous knock on the door..

The smell of the quilt….

That stack of books…

The mountain of ash…

The melted ice cubes…

I miss myself the most..

What have I become …

I can’t decipher…I don’t recognize…