Ashlee Whited

we held hands (the frozen sea)

lying in arms
vertical in a state of euphoria
mild panic
when the sea came to visit
lazing away the 2 days
in hopes to save some heart
  (and we should fill this empty face, but with what we don’t know)
preservation of self
or maybe just you
in a two inch space
you're 10 miles gone
but for how long?
and I lay on your arm
when as rude as it was
the sea came to visit
we held hands
and the sea came to visit
we held hands
and the sea froze around us
symbolic of our nature?
maybe one day I'd defrost you
but by then, I had lost you