A fog is spilling into these streets again <br />Like smoke filling the doomed house at night <br />And the chill is doubling day by day <br />And the ice on the road creeps this way <br /> <br />Unlivable, it was unworkable for too long <br />So, the powers that be; they took a chance <br />And spoke the words that I couldn't say <br />And stamped the hope with a date and time <br /> <br />The silver skies that were suspended <br />Clouded up with those freezing fears <br />That letting go, into that all-unknown <br />With only a bottle of beer for peace <br /> <br />A year ago we talked, then turned and walked <br />Beyond the furthest point we'd been before <br />And into new arms, you were promptly caught <br />And into a drug, I tossed my heavy heart <br /> <br />There were Christmas-coloured lights in the street <br />There was ice on my windshield each morning <br />Frozen tears that I bled under my bed at night <br />Lamp light and the warmth of caring friends <br /> <br />Anniversary <br />An anniversary of change <br />We don't celebrate <br />We don't gratify the date <br />Anniversary... <br />An anniversary of change <br /> <br />(2007)<br /><br />B.. Alexander<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nov-4th-anniversary/
