Cool After Heat

Sweltering gone.

No more trips to water,

Now frigid and gray.

Temporary relief

Gives way to darkness,

Loneliness.

Entering October without you

Feels wrong.

It was your favorite place.

You brought the childlike fun,

The spice,

The spooky.

Your heat is gone.

Only my cold,

Empty

Heart remains

Without you,

Searching for the October

Of years past.

When pumpkin scents

Permeate every shop,

I know I will feel you

In the brisk air.

You touch me

In my dreams nightmares.

Your lingering laugh

Haunts,

Mocks.

You are no longer a ghost

By choice,

But by reality.

You will never feel

The chill

Of a solo October

As do I.