samariah
03-17-2007, 01:11 PM
Tonight, I dismantled the soft blanket
Crowning my shoulders and stroking my head.
I left it lie to rest before the fire place,
To hold the children and servants in starchy slumber…
Then I melted into glass, and sliced into Winter.
Outside,
Crystal drops were floating in the forest pool.
Without my rope, I floated farther and farther outward,
Not yearning to find a heart beating in the frosted trees,
But to lose my breath to unconscious intricacy.
For a moment my thought slipped back to the cottage
The fire’s swell holding the sleepers in its glow,
Little cherubs intoxicated by the mead of slumber.
Then I swam further, in the cold clarity of my neutral fast.
Breathing in the snow swollen air, I left the flakes be.
I left the meek, the creaking trees fall under their blankets.
I allowed the ice to layer and coat all that it would.
I let the fire leave my nest, and the quiet snow settled in.
Crowning my shoulders and stroking my head.
I left it lie to rest before the fire place,
To hold the children and servants in starchy slumber…
Then I melted into glass, and sliced into Winter.
Outside,
Crystal drops were floating in the forest pool.
Without my rope, I floated farther and farther outward,
Not yearning to find a heart beating in the frosted trees,
But to lose my breath to unconscious intricacy.
For a moment my thought slipped back to the cottage
The fire’s swell holding the sleepers in its glow,
Little cherubs intoxicated by the mead of slumber.
Then I swam further, in the cold clarity of my neutral fast.
Breathing in the snow swollen air, I left the flakes be.
I left the meek, the creaking trees fall under their blankets.
I allowed the ice to layer and coat all that it would.
I let the fire leave my nest, and the quiet snow settled in.