frozen

i can't sit in silence the way i used to.

not without you.

thoughts of you hang in suspended animation,

bits of mist

in a fog so thick, every breath aids the corrosion

of my heart.

plunge through the icy surface 

of your memory

submersed & stabbed by the ghosts

of your fingertips.

it used to be a pleasant silence...

one that wasn't so silent.

we were quiet & smiling,

on my front porch facing the field;

& kids would be laughing

& birds would be singing

& music would be playing.

it was a warm silence.

we were warm, in silence, together.

but now the air is so cold

bones shiver.

lungs quiver & breath freezes

as it leaves lips.

c.marie