The late afternoon sun
peeks worriedly through the window
, too afraid to touch the bed
on which I lie
living , next to the dead.

He breaths faintly
, a whispered ghost
morbidly fatigued by
the loneliness he chokes on.

Every breath is a lifetime
and this immortal man
has died like the old gods
over and over again.

His bones rattle as his
spirit tirelessly shakes
and shudders in the cold
of his heart.

Although sweat poured
out of every overheated part
of his broken body...
I could see winter
on the horizon of
his faded eyes.

That is when I knew
that summer never came
over the thresholds of
such a broken life.

And inside his soul gave up
playing his ribs like
an anxious xylophone.

Summer never came,
but I fear winter
is in fact
closer to it's inevitable absence.