Subject: Poem, untitled
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 01:14:38 -0500
From: Eve Dutton <umdutto3@CC.UMANITOBA.CA>
To: FKFIC-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU

I've been inspired by Phyllis and others to send one of my poems to FKFIC-L.
Be gentle, it's my first time. ;)

Archive anywhere you like. FK does not belong to me, but since I don't
actually mention anyone by name I'm not exactly doing much in the way of
copyright infringement... still, please don't sue.

Untitled

I loved you, half in shadows
while you outshone the moonlight
the kiss of the snowflakes on my cheeks and lips
like your touch
so soft
so cold
your look
was all the warmth I needed
on those winter nights
and I barely even noticed
that your breath
did not frost the windowpane
or melt the snowflakes
as they floated down
we are all
so insubstantial
but you alone will remain
in all your gilded guilt
and glory
your beauty
preserved in ageless amber
seeing you
I understand
Lucifer, golden among angels
before he
fell

Eve
umdutto3@cc.umanitoba.ca