winter
spark-plugging blood
and lateral
sometimes
the universe expands
faster than it should.
once, when freezing rain was everywhere
i told you that time is wheel and all of us
are ground
to ride upon.
you asked where it goes and i said
life is a mountain of sometimes the bridge
my body wants to remember
is the song that becomes heavy.
blurry light moistens the icy sidewalks
we negotiate
and the faces we wear over our faces
fall like the tree of laughter
we’ve given to the snow.