You are so cold
A frostbitten soul
Me, frantic incandescent
Trying to warm us both
On embers of visions
And flames of memories
You are beyond my heat
Frigid, rigid, crystallized
This expedition is a failure
I’m no match for the elements
Erebus’ dreams flicker out
Crushed in your icy, uncaring grip
Sinking to crystalline depths
Preserved in icy midnight
A frozen spark of hope lost
In the Arctic of your soul
~ kei
28 October 2015