One Cold Night

Here is a bit of free verse that I scribbled out quickly after walking outside on a winter night.
Enjoy.


One Cold Night

One night upon my bed I lay
Pondering in part on memories
Of unforgotten sorrow
On shallow unmarked graves
I left a bouquet of flowers
Forget-me-nots
All bundled neatly

Woe! is me
To visit this ghastly place
To trace
Every curve
Of your resting place

I turned aside
To look beyond my window
Not more than two feet wide
My escape
From my underground dwelling

I saw a pearl
Which shone with brilliant blue
It saw me too
And gently stroked my face
With hands of azure

It stole my heart
I determined to dance
With that sapphire in the sky
And sing to it's offspring
Who twinkled timidly
Beneath a misty blanket

I stepped out eagerly
The ground cold to my touch
A sheet of ice
To mirror the moon's beauty

Soft hues
Swirled around me
Gnarled branches
Stabbing the sky
Only added to it's beauty

A blanket of snow
For my bed
I gave my body
To it's cold embrace

My breath came and left
In passionate shivers
To lie under your beauty
Is all I could ever hope for

I cannot feel my limbs
My back has melded into the snow
My chest does not rise
But my eyes can see

My eyes are transfixed by you
The stars twinkle brightly
They've come out of hiding
They've thrown up their veils
And are dancing

When the sun rises tomorrow
Friends will find me
A cold corpse
And mourn me
But they will never understand
The smile on my face