As You Promise Me

as you promise me
to write a poem
about winter
here in my warm country
i waited
for the coming of rain
at least to feel
what coldness means
when it is promised
to come
through the words
of your
winter poem

the sun is up in
our tropical skies
the snowstorm
still rages in my mind

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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