tonight, a ceaseless glare
the electricity flare into the bristling air
dank with the stench of cuts
inflicted by the shards of broken keeps

tonight, this beloved connection
seething into the desire to eye
drinking in the sight of one's such fright
the resounding thump of nervous swallow

shrink into the pit of an ice storm
limbs frozen, afraid to be betrayed
the pupils rimmed by bristling halos
sculpted hallow so that the other may fill it--

with memories of what shall soon become