29 Degrees

By Michelle Sorenson

The grass is white and frozen
It is crunchy under the souls of my shoes
The leaves from the willow tree
Trickle down
Like rain
In the freezing breeze.
There are footprints in my yard
From someone who should not be here
Someone who left my heart feeling
As cold
And crushed
As the grass
Where the footprints
Are all that is
Left.