which is it?

you sit

in the cold room

without heat.

you wonder where everyone

has gone.

the furniture is missing

except for the chair

you sit on.

the curtains are off the window.

outside

you see that the trees

are empty

of leaves.

there is snow falling.

it feels like the end

of something,

or maybe the beginning.

but you're not worried.

you've been here

before.

at the start

and at the end.