Sara Sass is a biomedical engineer who has previously published her creative work in Gadfly Magazine and Harpur Palate magazine. She spent the past four months living in Detroit, which she loved and was inspired by. She currently lives in northern Virginia with a massive fireplace and 6 rosebushes.
Ashland Street
I asked you
To walk with
Me down paths of leaves
And hidden stones,
Across the frost.
Laid shallow by mornings
Rising blue and yellow.
I asked you
To walk with me.
You said “yes but
Wait for me to start.”
I waited
And waited.
The sun turned away from me,
Snow fell in sheets.
Ice crept in
From my feet.
Settled into my heart,
Which burned and fell still.