sometimes just like when the seasons linger i slowly find myself undercurrent within the vortex of our time come closer whisper your name lean over i wish you would stay a little longer sink into my ear your words i pray will keep me safe and my flesh a little warmer the void i sigh when i hesitate the cold outside i will undertake otherness i sense the motion my catatonic shell clad in fire golden gray to all others you are a stranger veiled in mystery uninvited thief bringer of light drift into night soar on the wings of a new dawn where winds blow in houses of hollow and water runs through statues of salt