C H A R I T I E

an open wound
alive with warmth
steams

rising
as the soft
new snows
gather

past an
alarm of light
blazing in
its lonely
place

wet
with leaves
disguised
with night

a cold fire
with a scald
alive
within a heart

laying layers
beneath
fluidity

each slow world
dissolving
soft texture
of sound

delicate
impressions