"Spring Forward, Fall Back" - another TTC poem

On my way home today in the streetcar, I looked up and found this poem by Troy Jollimore. Absolutely loved it. Enjoy. :)

Spring Forward, Fall Back
In November, the hours are slower;
winding down weather, the fresh lather
of a first snow. The winter,
with its months of hospital afternoons

waits huddled just over the border.
And ice will make all the distances
that much further. Speak now, kiss now
before the river freezes altogether.
                                                    -  Troy Jollimore

if we had decided to take a chance

I wonder
If you ever could have loved me
enough to wait
If you ever could have loved me for my beliefs
when I stand for the very same things
you abhor
Or if you ever could have loved me
for my wide-eyed insecurities and chronic naivete
idealism
and stupid need to be liked

Or if I could have ever loved you
for your lack of ambition
your sky-high walls of defense and cynicism
and your stupid need to hurt and test
those who love you so easily

Yet instead we sit here in chronic chemistry
with our ease to draw laughter from one another
and easier still is that we don’t have to wonder
since the time you went and wandered
to find salvation in some other’s
arms
that you hope will call you home