Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Winter Worn

the time is right.
the wine is ripe.
autumn leaves drip
from the sky,
and the wind crests
           a secret cold
  of golden tongues.
the trapped and tired
warm themselves
      by gripping fires
that tangle flames
like the tails of snakes
swimming to the deep
below,                 rushing waves
           of ember and coal.
soon,       winter will be at hand,
and another year will have passed.
i can feel the shivers from here
as a frozen tear
                         sheds
          from the eyes
   of the wasted.

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