
leaden where laying
chill water, now, chill water
flow over falling
crossed arm lake returning
rest head stone in slumber
until the next call

i wraith empty halls
where you cannot
see me even if
i tried
outside, a mournful owl
rages at the moon
his love lost
to this endless sea

my hands carry scenes
from a different winter
stiff with memories
yet to come
blood crust blades the snow
windswept carved the land
why only the never?
antlers stand silent of stone

like any fool
i remain clueless
watching maple seeds
helicopter from
sky to grass
wondering if,
like unspoken words,
they have any
intent

tonight i might try
dancing barefoot
spinning & yearning
for a dark angel dreaming
with that mark of moth
bare shoulder worn
just to see her smile
all grey the ravens
under the trysting moon

darksky grey a’coming
rumble her clouded head
sparks sent across
flint on steel in bed
twisting her sheets
around bare calf & thigh
darksky grey a’coming
through her evernight

we live these falling red leaves
on the wind turning & spin
dancing, you ask for help on dying
i have only these sundried bone
to your blade glancing moonlight
no, your night i cannot surrender
a shower in crisp scarlet skitters
i lay down these ossified arms
waiting for the thrust and pierce

ever thorn head burning
one step in the without
dancing in my devils
twist my spaces thin
knuckle bark to bone
raw red and stone
under covers counting
hours writhe of poem