L’hiver (The Winter)

They have warned us about you,

That you are coming for all of us.

Constant and patient 

you have been waiting since 

the first dawn

You’ve seen it all,

and you will see it all

fade into the darkness 

Of course we all tried to forget you

we, children of the sun

have convinced ourselves 

that we are invincible 

After all -

Snow in Japanese,

also meant happiness 

So we spent our days

tucked in the safe embrace

of work, of books, of old records

of Wi-fi and all the stupid wonders of the Internet

of The Walking Dead

and all the

bloody Game of Thrones episodes

that kept warning us -

Winter is Coming 

A blizzard in New York

the first Snowfall in Kuwait

Historic,  always historic nowadays

In Paris, they tried to figure out what to do 

about the Arctic 

that is melting faster than butter 

oblivious, we kept ignoring the signs

And now it is too late.

Just as I was too late. 

Like the rest of us

I have convinced myself  that we were invincible

that we would grow old together,

with books, with wi-fi, with old records

Hair white as snow, 

Eyes blue as the sky

For a moment I was his 

and he was mine 

But his fragile beating heart had to say goodbye

for now,

I must remember - 

Snow in Japanese,

also meant happiness.