Love in Winters Wake

I’m stuck in

a frozen trap

A spiralling web of

fear and longing.

Falling into love

diving headlong

into this terror

petrified

a rabbit in

headlights

blinded by

consequences

Does he?

Does he not?

Both fill me

with dread

If it is so

then Loss stands

banging on the door

‘Remember me?’

She whispers

through the keyhole

ready to unlock

The Box of Grief

hidden under the

floor boards of

my desire

If it is not so

then the loneliness

of lost dreams

creeps under

the threshold

to wrap the noose

round my wanting

tightening the

knot of numbness

that death left

In his wake

To love again

Is to open the

door to my heart

and stare loss

in the face

To surrender,

tumble, head

over heels

like an

autumn leaf

trusting that

spring always

blossoms in

winters wake

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