snow
white, pure, uncomplicated
virgin white
the colour of fresh,
the colour of new.
snow, cover the ugly spots on me,
and mop up the red tears down my leg.
it doesn't matter
the scars still show through.

falling on
falling on and on
down and twisting
falling into myself.
deeper than I could ever be
in your world.
landing in chaos
landing in snow; chaos and snow,
are one and the same.
cold seemed the safest place to land
welcoming me with open arms.
it's been waiting
waiting for me, ever so quietly
waiting for me, for all this time.
I'm home now.

cedar
stiff, hard, yearing to be broken
me.
not hard enough
to take it all
two hundred pounds of snow
bearing down
snap
snow is hate,
but it doesn't hurt.
how could a pretty little snowflake hurt anyone?
snow doesn't hurt
it just erodes your soul.

snow falling on cedar
snow falling on me