Cold

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It's freezing inside,
I'm cold, shivering.

In a deep empty night
in a lengthy evening
of winter
of shallow words

of cold
this is me
I'm cold

Straying from
lingering desires
incorporating
empty pictures

at my worst
I'm cold, I'm alone

stark naked in
my heart
delivering
messages of
distance and ice

of cold
this is me
I'm cold

The grave
a welcome site
a hide-a-way
a place to be

Deceived and
deceiving
relentless
in hatred

of cold
This is me
I'm cold

Words surround
but not heard
they are
gestures
of despair

of loneliness
and emptiness
in a long winter
in a long chill

of cold
This is me
I'm cold

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Published in "The Sunshine Poetry Journal" June 1979

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