Winter rain chills the night,
I, alone, in the dark have walked.
Walked the craggy sidewalk cliffs,
The root snarled forgotten pavement,
Searching for hidden solace.
 
Hope abandoned me on the evening breeze,
As it crept by slow and slicing.
My heart is tired and heavy with heat,
Keeping my limbs moving among this freeze,
Keeping me from falling into ice.
 
What is this yearning? This nauseous ache deep within?
I have felt this rot before, this feeling of uncertainty that comes to the fore?
It has conquered me before,
This illusion of trust and sparks,
 And sunset rushing through my veins.
 
Bile, both verbal and not has risen in my throat,
Finally mingling with rain turned to shards on these empty streets.
Yes, body. Mind. Heart! Empty this out,
Into the stark brutal night!
I will not fall prey again to a lover’s plight!