Get in the mood for living
Believing different things
Face the shock water
That you have entertained poison
For a decade or more
Longer even
Since you were aware of your body and it’s loves
Your time and your dreams
Your face in the gaze of another.
Some sort of North Wind arrives
A catch of breath
A shiver
A sigh
A backwards glance
A forward step
A hot tear on cold skin
Tiny stones crunch and scatter
Beneath sure footing