You can put meat in the ice chest
but that doesn't make it any less raw
Just conserving its substance until the thaw
Like the wound you carved in my chest
that has the rawness of day one
Of day two, at best
In keeping it from rotting, I've preserved your power
Beneath frozen crystals that sparkle like your eyes do
Like my eyes used to
You froze my heart, twice
Paused it with your hand when it first grazed mine
Made it rigid again with your final line
So I'm putting it all out on the counter
to begin the emancipating thaw
Hoping the runoff floods my essence and carries away your presence
Oct 29, 2011
Oct 29, 2011 at 4:13 PM UTC
You can put meat in the ice chest
but that doesn't make it any less raw
Just conserving its substance until the thaw
Like the wound you carved in my chest
that has the rawness of day one
Of day two, at best
In keeping it from rotting, I've preserved your power
Beneath frozen crystals that sparkle like your eyes do
Like my eyes used to
You froze my heart, twice
Paused it with your hand when it first grazed mine
Made it rigid again with your final line
So I'm putting it all out on the counter
to begin the emancipating thaw
Hoping the runoff floods my essence and carries away your presence
