Thaw

Carved out of midnight ice

     crystal drops on brow

     frost congealed soul

     snow sullied by drops of blood

     pounding to discover

     what lies fallow under numbness

Carved out of midnight ice

     chilled heart stops its beat

     glacial thoughts in quilts

     numbed by life

     Siberian existence

     frigid blocks of ice

Carved out of midnight ice

     sun hefts its rays

     sky melts in tears

     crawling out of snow bank

     brushing off chilled rawness

     warmth flickers thawing skin.