That atmospheric river
squeezed in great grey fists
wrung out in sheets, in sleets..

ice

and all that force behind

When did ice get between us, cleave us, deceive us?
Those desperate airy torrents heavier than…than…heavy
gushing railing and pounding on the gates

until they break and all becomes

ice

Ice between me & you, and you know this is true.

That torrential downpour
scars my cheeks with its salty claws
as my heart breaks (just like the gates)

oh god my grief abounds unchecked by anything except
the cold, the cold the cold of

ice

nothing left but ice
between you & me