The cold seeped almost to the bone
Fingers and toes
If my heart were made from fingers and toes
I radiate warmth and heat
Even while the hoarfrost grows thicker
Deeper
When you come in from the cold the weight hurts
The toes and the fingers start to hurt
Where they were numb
Dangerous to plunge them into hot water
Warm them up slowly
Trickle love into a frostbit heart
Slowly, so slow, and a little slower
Warm not hot
It will take some time to adjust
They love so much so much so much
And it hurts like too much warmth too fast
It’s needed and it hurts, but you don’t want to say
Because you don’t want them to feel bad
Or go away
How to say that it hurts
It’s not them or their love or the words they say
It’s that the cold has been there so long
Everything numb
And the warmth allows feelings
And the feelings hurt which had been frozen
As they thaw and it melts through tears which
Can’t stop, and won’t stop
But they do stop
People stay and tears stop
It just takes a little time near the fire
Not too close, a little closer the warmer you get
After a while it doesn’t hurt when they love so much
Much is repaired by the hearth
And the frost melts away
In out of the cold
