By: Gabby LeBron

I dressed for winter,

a long trench coat covering my

little ankles, a wool hat

over my ears 

to keep out the aches

–

I never knew you had skin

under that thick sweatshirt

In fact, through squinting eyes

one may even say 

there was no difference

–

I knew better, I think.

I learned your song

quicker than I’d like to confess

I read your book 

deep. and cried for you

before I knew why

–

So what I’m trying to say,

my love,

is that I dressed for winter

–

In thick skin and knitted scarves

I dressed for ice and hail,

sleet and snow

–

Never knowing that we would be

warm enough together,

and summer would come

like sinking into molasses

–

There was no reason to hide,

was there?