Author Information
an intimate distance
stripping myself naked
to feel the raw, frigid air,
and touch the bitter emptiness
that trolls your heart in the darkness of despair,
your lonesome woods,
the sound of silence vexed only by
the dried leaves that crush beneath
the small of my spine, and the howling wind,
though my eyes are closed,
as i feel the heat purged from my body
as it forms the warmth of my breath,
i can see it's vapor as it drifts
into the starlit skies and eases itself
into the night air,
it reassures and validates my cognizance
that it is indeed the only thing that is mine
in this treachery that consumes us both,
as my body lies in the darkness,
shivering from the frost,
i lie fearless among the cackling racket
and ghoulish creatures of the forest,
and before long the snow begins to fall
upon me and the winds die down,
snowflakes melting on warm flesh
that blankets a smooth and shivering musculature
upon a statuesque frame,
creating a distinct and coherent harmonic logic
with each drop of water that forms,
resounding with the vibrations
of multiple interweaving melodic lines,
and its captivating enchantment awakens me
to the new day as i open my eyes to feel you,
next to me,
the sweetness of your breath upon my neck,
an intimate distance holds us together.
2:46 AM 5/3/2013 ©
