A Year in a Young Life: Haiku Cycle

A series of short poems detailing the year I spent with my first lover long ago. RIP Steve.

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Winter gathering,
Two souls from diff'rent schools blend,
Hearts entwine with frost.

Ivy walls apart,
Yet in cold their warmth emerged,
Quick love, fierce and bright.

Icy breaths mingle,
Eyes lock, sparks in the chill air,
Hearts race, futures planned.

Passion's quickened pulse,
In the blizzard, a fire burns,
Two young hearts ablaze.

Emotions kindling,
Winter to spring, love blossoms,
Two paths intertwined.

Spring's thaw came with hope,
Love’s blossom, tender, untried,
Endured through the rain.

Summer's warm embrace,
Promises whispered at dusk,
Forever echoed.

Leaves turn, love tested,
Friendship's line crossed in the fall,
Betrayal's sharp sting.

Autumn's truth revealed,
One strayed, the other's heart split,
Friend's whispers, love's thief.

Leaves fell, so did trust,
Betrayal's cruel, icy sting,
Once warm now so cold.

Winter's cold return,
One weeps, mourning what was lost,
Frostbite on what was.

Seasons cycle on,
Winter's love, a fleeting dream,
The heart learns to heal.

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