I Was A Kaleidoscope

I put on my overcoat

And walked into winter

My teeth chattered rhythms

And they were grouped in twos or threes

Like a morse code message was sent from me to me

And cars on slippery slopes were stuck

People pushing through their mittens

As I was beginning

To feel it soaking through my shoes

Getting colder with every step

I took to your apartment, dear



And I was a kaleidoscope

The snow on my lenses distorting the image

Of what was only one of you

And I didn't know which one to address

As all your lips moved



And this is when I forget to breathe

And all the things I scripted

They sound unfounded

And it's the look that your giving me

That tells me exactly what you are thinking:

"This ain't working anymore"



They got their mothers worked in to a panic

Sledding down hills into oncoming traffic

And parents layered clothes until the children couldn't move

and then left them outside until their noses were blue

and I got left there, too



I put on my overcoat

And walked into winter

My teeth chattered rhythms

And they were grouped in twos or threes

Like a morse code message was sent from me to me