Hibernation

Silence hibernates between us.

Winter tears residing in my room

are just another irrelevant ocean to you.

Tides bruise me, & erode

your absence.

Perfunctory habits remind me

that the ancestor of all lies

is Truth. So,

I delete my skin, &

reduce the hug preserved in all walls

to draft my untouched fears.

Handwriting reveals the way

one manufactures water & star.

But with palms empty,

I can only maneuver fire

to reclaim a crimson season/

When night invades,

I still confine in the ruins

of your shadow,

opposite of your name.

& wait for my liquid sorrow to evaporate

all alone.

But salt/ just makes ice denser.

No warm cloth.

My flesh barely dangles

on my skeleton

As silence hibernates between us.

2022.6.10-12