songs without tunes

catharsis and what not...

i guess i've been lucky

because it's been warm so far.

i haven't felt the cold in so long.

of course, it could just be due 

to the numbness 

that crawled up my spine

and perched on my heart 

like a raven in the night.

the long forgotten joy of cold

and all the promises it used to bring

stuffed in a big burlap sack 

on his candy cane sleigh. 

the ghostly dream of snow angels 

that wafts closer towards the ethereal plane 

as i reach for its comfort

about this time each year. 

the moments left frozen in time

carved with the delicacy of a chainsaw

the life unlived

the birthright never claimed,

never pulled from the skeleton's clutch.

spirit! show me no more!

either wipe these memories from me

and let me delight in my ignorance

or conjure your winds 

and leave me stranded upon the icy shore...