Snowstorm

Mending love wounds

Photo by Jaime Dantas on Unsplash

We went for a walk
In a driving snowstorm 
The wind flung handfuls of 
Ice and snow at our faces

And caught 
Our breaths
Unaware
You took my hand

I held on tightly—
Afraid to let you go
Afraid my love would not be enough
Afraid the wind would carry you away

I held on tightly—
Until we could breathe freely
Until our love wound healed
Until we were together again

Author’s Note

I’ve started adding videos to my other social media posts, like Instagram. This is the video I created (with the help of Canva) to introduce my little poem.

Credits for photos used in the video go to Alexey Elfimov, Hugo Clement and Jaime Dantas on Unsplash.

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