Icicles piercing my skin Pinpricks covering every inch Jack Frost tickling my side Patterns of Lapis twirling around my head Transparent pearls jumping and popping at my fingertips My vision a vignette of the dark and fading night sky My lungs a sharp-edged model of themselves My limbs softening into the empty relaxation of absence The tip of the cliff just outside my grasp Every sense fighting back Holding on just a little longer The head pounding so loud it's quiet Then I'm overtaken And everything is clear