Tears define me this day
In the silence of the morning
In the silence of you
In the silence –
Of the distance
That is woven between us

I feel you stepping back
Closing in
Upon yourself
Leaving me here
In the bite of the cold
Of the stillness wrought
By your retreating steps

I am naked and bare
Exposed to the frost
That encases the fingertips
Of nothingness
Frozen beneath the stare
Of eyes no longer there

And these tears that I shed
Are as diamonds upon ice
Sliding o’er hues of glacial blue
Slowed by the cold
That lingers in this moment
This moment
Of missing you

s.a.t.