Biting cold wind,
            Chills me to the core.
            But my battered soul,
            Can take so much more.

            My tragedies are nothing,
            In view of others.
            But they don't carry with them a hollow ring,
            Because they are my truths.

            Unloved and insecure,
            I daydream of fantasy worlds;
            Where I for just one day could lie curled.
            Protected from that biting wind.

            I daydream of a winter day.
            The cold sea of air,
            Swallowing my spirit, my flame.
            I imagine hope came.

            A warm bundle of love,
            Or a simple pair of woolen gloves,
            That can hold me tight.
            Then everything would be alright.

            I drift into a front lounge scene,
            A spitting, fiery fire frothes with warmth.
            Licking my cheeks,
            Restoring my spirit.

            If I were an eskimo,
            How I would long for some warm glow.
            But then how would I know,
            For my life has less love than snow.

            The snow of my fantasy world melts...

            Here I am again,
            On a lonely windowsill.
            Without the whip of winter wind.
            Yet the beauty of a winter sky,
            Far away out of the corner of my eye.

            I still fear things,
            Not death nor love,
            But hurt and rejection.
            Not physical pain nor embarassment,
            Just that searing idea of forever being alone,
            Instead of giving up friends for lent.

            Take from this what you will,
            For I have no use.
             

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