Grey Hair of Winter

Even her smallest pieces carry a stripped back emotional force, as in the quiet revelation of “Sunlight—an elusive God, completely hidden except inside a velvet heart.”

Grey Hair of Winter

Grey hair of winter rests

on my body’s trees,

cold and pale spirit.

 

White halogen under bridges—

electric, cold.

 

A sheet of snow whispers along the highway,

 

Is it life

or the cold chariot that awaits me?

 

Sunlight—an elusive God,

hidden

inside a velvet heart.

 

The windshield fogs with rushing flakes—

none of them sticking,

all of them confused,

trying to connect

to a disappearing ground.