Sunday, September 6, 2009

Swallowing Ice Whole

so cold my breath has shattered
hands moving backwards

there is no spring coming this year,
buds rotting in infancy

there is not enough heat in his whole love to trigger my thaw
not enough whole love in his heat to move my frozen limbs

just a sigh could strain my brittle branches
an intake of breath

some unintended motion and I will break into pieces
too small to feel like anything but dust.

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