Hanukkah sonnet

My cheeks burn bare against my frozen face

Chocolate tucked inside my jacket sleeve

Melt warm against my wrists, my heart is lace

Menorah flickering, goodbye to grief

Wishing for a locket, flux the nighttime

Into glass and save, never to shatter

My stomach is full with food and tired rhyme

I would trade for nothing, and that matters

The radiator wakes to cry aloud

The lamp is pale against the dark of night

I sigh and let the love again enshroud

Finally, heart, I do not wish to fight

Her quiet heart, it beats against my ear

I sleep, serene, my windy mind is clear