Thursday, October 3, 2013

Winter Wall (for Yukio Mishima)

White her skin blossom scented
Snow so heavy and silent
The carriage takes us onward
Beneath the blanket upon our knees
Her hand awkwardly seeks mine
This is not the time for intimacy
Besides I think of cock and
I cannot write if no one is listening
At my uncles house the ritual will begin
Feasts and pageants and the white wall
Pine trees marking the path
I must walk alone to find nobility
Knife slicing through my belly
She cannot walk it with me
Shivers a little as if knowing
Snow falling heavier now
Quiet in the absence of language
Like a blanket that calms
Wrapping the world up
Like the abandoned baby
It always will be

© shaun patrick green 2013

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