Light The Candles, Wait For The Thaw

What if I

Drove

To you

Wild howling

Stars are cold and

Distant

Tonight

Stayed until you

Fell asleep

Or me

Whoever 

Falls first

Light the candles

Watch them

Burn

Away

Lean into the

Warmth

Of the fireplace

Wish I had said

Nothing

But it would have

Killed us both

More

If I had 

Swerved

There’s ice in

The waters

Now

Looming

Cracking and

Hissing

It can’t be

Overcome

It can’t be

Avoided

Hold on

Wait for the thaw

And

I’m sorry