near

So soft
so

So gentle
so

my skin
all

and
don't know
how much of

my soul

relieved 

for a second
or two

at the thought of
a bit of

your presence.





Around the lakeby AlexandraSophie

abaft

This is

Where the far end of the snowstorm gets

This is

Where we are not adapted

And no heating is enough,

for most have none

This is

A place to swim, sunbathe

And wear cardigans at the most.

Not a place to shiver and freeze

Where scarves and thick socks

 do not do their deeds

Because it gets deep

 into the bones till

 we get stuck

and paralysed.

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A Measure of Winter by Janis Zroback