July Will Come Again

He’s left me as Fall fell He’s taken Spring and Summer I'm stuck here in Winter Arctic wolves hunt my mind The dark vices come for me Here seasons circle every week Such is the igloo split in two My setting sun follows a child While on the other side, he rises In Winter, darkness warms me Addiction my cold companion It asks for kindling, neglected My dopamine cries frost-bitten His absence disregulates me His light askew gives little heat You’ve left me to Winter's mercy I retreat to my polar mind I search for poetry, slippery Let’s blame dopamine bereft The maker of ache reaching Its unruly mouth gaping frozen Some learn to sip icy water Some drink the Northern Lights The darkest day is voracious This poem to you is cold-hearted All I want is your light returned Spring and Summer every season My dopamine satiated by solstice My winter thawed by revolution Each hemisphere in eternal light