“A bright, sunny day A melancholy evening A brand new morning All of this, because of you. The morning I met you The evening we parted The morning I must forget you All of these changes, because of you.”

A bright, sunny day, bursting blue overhead—  
Laughter ran rivers, the world all unsaid  
Bloomed into blossom because you were near,  
Turning sweet April to crystal and clear.  
The air caught your sunlight, the sycamores swayed,  
And I felt my old winter quietly fade.  

A melancholy evening, quiet, slow, and spent,  
Amber light puddled where joy had unbent.  
A hush in the lamplight, a shiver of breeze,  
Your shadow was longer, your words like the leaves:  
Fading and distant, soft rustle, then gone—  
I counted the sorrows until the cold dawn.  

A brand new morning—still, fractured with light—  
Sunrise insists on its promise, though slight.  
I wake to the ache of the spaces you’ve torn,  
The hush in the kitchen, the bed left forlorn.  
The magpies remember, though sorrow must pass—  
A fresh start, I whisper, with hope, if not gasped.  

All of this, because of you—  
The incandescent joy, the indigo hue,  
The dawn that dared open, the dusk’s bruised regret—  
The moments we gathered, and those I forget.  
For the day that I met you, and the night we fell through,  
And the morning mustering distance anew—  
My seasons keep turning, perplexed but true—  
All of these changes, because of you.

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