Frozen Over

Do I love?
The recollection brings a bitter smile
There's a coldness
Without substance
The fire of passion snuffed out so long ago
I craved the love
It was an addiction
Seeking it regardless of the ordeal it required
So much capacity for affection
And yet it hurt me
Every word a painful barb
Piercing into my soul
Seeping a cold venom
I could feel the sharp crystals forming in my blood
Too late to save my gentle heart
My love had frozen over
Even my tears became ice
Forming glittering streaks as they ran down my face
And yet I lived on
Desires extinguished beneath my cold blood
Feeling what I'd thought was a yearning
Convinced it wasn't there but for the grace
With every touch
Every embrace
Each tender kiss
A frigid tempest began to form between us
Walling off the remnants of my infatuation
Making me cold
My heart even more so
A painful reminder suspended beneath the ice

©A. DeMario 2012