Ice and Fire Memories

all was cold 

all was numb

all was silent

in the night air

leaving you and

your words behind

no with me

frozen in my chest

heavy with ice

tears fall unbidden

the city flashes by

in cold numbness

all is burning

all is flames

all is fire

a pain so deep

i want only 

to crawl out of my skin

i am burning

in the flames of pain

in the flames of shame

in the flames of grief

you are frozen in time

you are frozen in place

an image to hate

an image to blame

an image of loss

you are pain

you are the flames of pain

you are the flames of judgement

you are the flames of betrayal

you are ice and fire