Reminiscence

bitter cold morning 
I start the car and await the heat 
thoughts of you warm my heart 
as the heater warms my feet 
we refused to share our lives 
beyond those indelible nights we dined 
wasting not a precious moment as 
our young hearts became entwined 
in something we did not recognize 
I cannot truly say 
why the fire burned so quickly 
why the embers weren’t enough 
to make us want to stay 
…and so we fell away 
and live now in each memory’s corner 
for these moments to replay

after the fire