"A Frozen Moment"

By Johnna Crider

The Arctic wind
Touches my skin
In a freezing moment
I am motionless

In another place
It is warm and
Sunny
And I am there also
Frozen in time

A breath escapes
My lungs and I
Return home
I return to the past

I return to that moment
When I last saw you
And said nothing
I felt you watch me
That day
And still I said nothing

A moment frozen
In time
The ice is so cold
Not even a tear drop
Burning with my
Sorrow
My sadness
Hotter than the sun
Falling from my face
Could melt that ice

I am adrift
In a maze of time
In a maze of memories
I can still feel you
On that bus
I can still see you
Walking past me
Not speaking

And you smelled
So nice
Four days before your death
And I never will forget
That last meeting
Where we didn't meet
At all

It hurts
And a part of me is
Empty
I fill that part
With hope for
Our next meeting
After I die
And this time
I will speak
And the ice of time
Will be too warm
To freeze this
Moment