More Than Skin
Little wisps of jagged wind
brush against you,
I can see every word from your breath.
So we wrap ourselves with comfort
a tight hold on this world
and brave the cold.
Snowflakes swirl, white -
So it goes between us,
so many frozen secrets, swirling
hidden beneath your skin.
“Let it out” you said
an impossible thing to do
today, tomorrow, ever -
It’s because of the walls
a thickening of a sea of ice
that shows, more than skin.