I
from my window
snow
spreading steadily ahead
a soft plunge on water
unfrozen crystal blossoms
my cloak made of snow
the finest stark-white plaid
buried with snow
warmth is
overtop bullies masque as seekers
they reeducate
their reeducated
I’m thirsty
these sermonizing automatons
II
winter has played me out
each week lasting a decade
a whisper
made me happy
and I leaned back into it
branches
their silence
a faith for spring
for bleeding hearts to carve the floor
rising in bloom
III
when I disrobe
into the flame
blaze visible
your beach
take
our first swim
imperfect
which was perfection
a genesis for
IV
sugar maple
rock maple maple tree
the orange red in fall
I embraced
your pulse over me
maple syrup moonbeams
sugar maple syrup — mine
sunblade
