THEN YOU MAY GLANCE BEHIND THAT STIFFNESS
AND CACH A GLIMPSE OF THE HOLLOW DARKNESS
THAT COLDLY SURROUNDS A CORE.
EMPTYNESS AND FEAR SEEP
UP FROM THE CAVE
AS BREATHS OF BARREN AIR.
PARALYSED, YOU STAND, UNCOMFORTABLE,
GLACIAL WATER SEEPING THROUGH
WOOL DOWN YOUR NAKED BACK.
YOU'D LIKE TO TREMBLING LOOK AWAY
NOT TO HAVE KNOWN
NEVER TO HAVE IMAGINED
BUT ITS STILLNESS AND UNQUESTIONING DRAWS
YOU OVER THE EDGE; WHO INSISTED, AFETR ALL?
NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO COPE WITH THIS SNOWY
DESERT, ALWAYS BE AWARE OF ITS EXISTENCE.
TO LIVE BY YOU'LL SWALLOW AIR
AND BUILD AROUND IT.