A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT

LAUREN GINGO '25

I walked through flames on this cold winter night, so you weren’t alone when you put up a fight. I watched you battle for the air in your lungs. I watched you grow pale thinking.

“oh you're so young.”

Oh, how the world has been so cruel to you. Oh, don’t you know the things I would do? I walked through flames on this cold winter night, just so I could say a final goodnight. I watched you lie still and not make a sound. I watched as your lungs finally gave out. I held up the match I had saved from my stroll and set your bedroom aflame not thinking at all. I walked through flames on this cold winter night you, see?

So, I could be the person to finally set you free.