Mainland

frozen, managing to crawl
away slowly carried
by hope, benediction
a wood fire waiting at home
frostbitten fingers, arms, toes, legs
red-eyed winter white
cold, unforgiving sunshine
jacket, wool, useless
a moment longer
phone lines? dancing in
the winter wind
ice bears down
painfully, a vengeance
flaring with a mad
white, heatless fury
gray snow, thicker
than before, whiteness
blackness, terror