The Winter Room

The shadows move like water

Reflecting on a wall

The air about the shoulders

Of this place

Cold and remembering

Cold but relenting

Half blind with intention

A tragic invention

Cold but remembering

In it comes—the frost

To cause our breath like clouds

And hands held tight

In their sleeves

Cold and remembering

Cold but relenting

Half blind with intention

A tragic invention

Cold but remembering

This cause and consequence

Of iron and of ice —

So worth the cost

For the promise of light

Cold and remembering

Cold but relenting

Half blind with intention

A tragic invention

Cold but remembering