Thursday, October 24, 2019

Soul Survivor: a poem

fearsickles
crisps at the nose
the corner of the eyes
even the crack of
one's thoroughly lost
and snowblind
buttocks

godforsaken blizzard
this prodigious chill
whats killing me
I could have like a
divine vision
telling me to just
go to sleep

warm at last

warm at last
and peaceful
as if at home

drifting
like the snow drifts
solidifying
like the waters
in this
silly
somber
blizzard

sleeping
atop the snow

2 comments:

  1. Really nice poem. I especially love the second half 🙂

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  2. I've heard that snowbound people feel warm when they're about to die of frostbite/exposure. that's the middle part, like they feel warm and just drift off to sleep.......

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