brisk winds over
lips
dries cold
spit
one
move-
ment
and they
crack
split
tear
rolling on down
my chin
to rest at its peak
a drop
crimson and
ready
to fall
to the hard snow
white
now with
a spot of red
now with
a spot of pink
as it spreads,
as it fades —
a film of tears
frozen to the
pupil
saccading swiftly
crystalline structures
perched on tips of eyelashes
staring at brumal
skies
picking at cracked and
lifeless
lips
tremors
quakes
shakes
snapping
convulsing
spines
and bones
chatter
shatter
break
numbing cold
but
there is warmth
in the darkness
it is close
but
it never comes
it will never come
Sep 2, 2014
Sep 2, 2014 at 8:01 PM UTC
brisk winds over
lips
dries cold
spit
one
move-
ment
and they
crack
split
tear
rolling on down
my chin
to rest at its peak
a drop
crimson and
ready
to fall
to the hard snow
white
now with
a spot of red
now with
a spot of pink
as it spreads,
as it fades —
a film of tears
frozen to the
pupil
saccading swiftly
crystalline structures
perched on tips of eyelashes
staring at brumal
skies
picking at cracked and
lifeless
lips
tremors
quakes
shakes
snapping
convulsing
spines
and bones
chatter
shatter
break
numbing cold
but
there is warmth
in the darkness
it is close
but
it never comes
it will never come
