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As We Kiss, We Consume

A Poem by Coldwind

The words haunt me Read years ago But never true until I met you Now ever breath is measured By the distance that separates us Nothing has ever b..

Blood on Snow

A Poem by Coldwind

You gathered hopes All strewn around And laid me on The frozen ground You kissed my lips And closed my eyes You stole my breath Between my ..

Highway Lights

A Poem by Coldwind

Life and death A black highway at night. Inquisitive, innocent, You step upon the road. The light is so bright Beckon, fascinate, "Go towar..

Counting Horses

A Poem by Coldwind

She watches them from the hill The wind sighs As 17 horses move towards dawn The rhythmic hoof beats Echo in her chest Awakening the tiny bun..

Beneath the Crags

A Poem by Coldwind

I stand on the greenest ground Ihave ever seen in all my lives Willing my body to break down into smaller componants So the grass will take me, and ..

Woman of Wax

A Poem by Coldwind

Sickening sensation Scent of burnt skin Hangs in the air. Blood drips from torn flesh Following glistening paths To the floor. No choice. Thos..

Offering

A Poem by Coldwind

Tears And great gulps of tendering breath. Resist! Resist! Like Christians in the lion's den Fight till bone, sinew, and blood Show the materpi..

Redemption

A Poem by Coldwind

I came to you like a thief A serpent in your precious garden. Iheld out a rotting apple To your pink mouth For you to taste my past. Only upon yo..

Unhinged Melody

A Poem by Coldwind

What is the tensile strength Of my endurance? Ifeel like a string Keening when I am pulled to tight Moaning deeply when everything falls away. Th..

Bottom Dweller

A Poem by Coldwind

Black windows of my mind Lined with summer frost So happy to be broken So happy to be lost A skin I've shed a thousand times Lays rotting on the ..