something spiced and sweet before
reminders of moments gone too soon
pressing dough and licking the spoon
sweetened cakes, baked in batches
the counting done until it matches
morsels of memories now aligned
as flavors savored one more time
just a year since you invited me
sharing laughs and cookies and tea
spilled as truth and crumbs and more
than we had expected a year before
across the counter was something new
a different taste for me to chew
I looked and saw the sugar fade
into a place that time had made
I saw it in your scared, hazel eyes
the little girl who was trapped inside
the hopes and dreams, sugar and spice
poured out like eggnog, it did entice
drawn like butter and stirred as dough
the days and weeks and months did go
and here are we, just one more past
the tip of the earth, the tip of a glass
but inside each, have noted a change
that for a moment, life was strange
as the sugar rushed in visceral veins
crystallized into a love that remains
and though I long to see that girl
and watch her as the flurries swirl
released from all she had overcome
chasing snowflakes with her tongue
– Jason Kichline
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