I Inhale the Cruelty of Winter's Breath

I stand alone in frozen silence Beneath the shroud of winter’s blight Awaiting the arrival of the glacial winds The dismal breath of torment In my heart as cold as the northwind No thoughts of benevolence remain As the trail leads further into darkness The arctic empire devoid of life Under the northern sky in moonlight I kneel in the falling snow After my lungs cough out graupel I inhale the cruelty of winter’s breath Under the cloak of the final winter At the foretold hour of nightfall I burrow into my tomb of ice To await eternity...