whatever this winter

whatever this winter of words

my darkened smile in the mirror

handed to me - again i am alone

in absent justification.

whatever this winter of words

freezing lakes and trees in my wake

i have yet to fault for fodder

the smiles of the rogue

whose sprouted wings

have torn through this coat.

whatever this winter of words

i long for the sunlight as breath

to unrope my lungs

that i may sail again

the waves of your hair.

whatever this winter of words

damsel flies and lillies

pout against my mind

spewing forth smiles like spring.

whatever this winter of words

as i love you i write

in code in blood in tears

in laughter,children, wolves,

doves, waves and startled crayfish

among the debris of our ocean.

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