Frosted Tears

You asked me once if I was real

As real as the scorch on a Tuesday in June, 

I said. 

Snowflakes stuck to the windows, then

And the frozen rain sobbed as it watched inside

Two men

Two hearts

Entangled in a web of destructive passion 

Entranced in a spell cast by a demented baby in a diaper

Scratch. Claw. Bite. Scream. 

Stop. 

Cry. Cry. 

No more crying. Not tonight. 

Orange and blue still flash in my mind

The taste of cold concrete pressed against my check 

It wasn't me

But I was it. 

And it consumed 

And it controlled

And it sucked dry the prey it taunted 

Watching as it bled from a once-beating heart

Of a man who loved it so

Betrayed 

A forgotten love wiped away from the brow of destiny 

And time passed. 

And flowers grew

Clouds rolled by 

And the Earth spun 'round

And year by year 

Again comes crying frozen rain

With frosted tears

They dream

Of warmth they can clearly see, but will never know by touch.