into the cavern of my chest, where small
light is permitted, the faintest of breaths like
a wisp through cracks in the ribs -
gentle in meaning, but the cold it brings
nigh unbearable, and all the vessels it touches,
the chambers it spies, all turn to ice
underneath as it passes.
small, frosted angel of death,
leave me just as you found me;
no more of this torment can i bear.
love like wind through the leaves
of autumn - take everything away.