Thorns About the Snow

Thorns about the snow Cantilever tombstones Gathered in a row Broken bits of someone else’s deed Weeds are overgrown Thorns about the snow Endless come the struggles as you bleed Ravens are amassing High above the trees Searching for remaining shards of bone Circling intruders Cutting through the breeze Waiting as your sins you now atone Thicket mangled wings Fractured fighting fear Carving sad initials on your skin Thunder clouds approach Storms to gather near Drenching darkened sorrows now begin Iron barred protrusions Block the jagged way Keeping you from exiting this place Fall upon your knees This your ending day Every thought of you to soon erase Fade into the gravel Claw this frozen earth Quickly 'fore a morning sun does crest Bid a found farewell Far beyond your birth Time has come to take your final rest