Lost Freckles

mosquito screens give you freckles if you stand

close enough or so i was told as a child. 

in the winter it gives perspective of what once was, a life that feels so far, a memory once had.

a buzzing in my ear. a love lost. a bag packed. a trip taken. a summer forgotten. 

wherever i go. here i am. putting my pants on, one leg at a time.