a better time

When I saw your face light up
for the first time in months
even through puny screens

i remembered why it felt warm
i remember how that warmth spread
through me

i've turned colder than the first time we met
but the idea of you flickered
my memories and senses
awakened a bit

if only that love could last
it would have continued to carry me through

it had made me braver
now i'm braver alone.