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Snow-girl

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December 23, 2013
Snow-girl by =GentlemanAnachronism
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She is ice-cold, my snow-girl. Ice-cold, and snow-white, as beautiful as the frost-rimed spiderswebs lacing our tree. Ice-cold.

I wrapped her in my coat - see? - but still she holds the Winter in her heart, clings to the ice and the snow and the frost and the steel-surgical-blue of the sky, blue as her eyes (roll back her eyelids, see for yourself. As blue as betrayal, my snow-girl's eyes), and she will not warm herself, no, not for all my asking.

I wrapped her in my coat, and I wound my scarf around her neck three times (you see? Three. Three is lucky. Three threes is magic, but my scarf is not that long), but still she holds the ice and the snow and the frost at the heart of her and she will not warm herself, no, not for all my pleading.

I wrapped her in my coat, and I wound my scarf around her neck, and I covered her feet (you see? Such tiny feet, my snow-girl has. So small. Like doll's feet, china-white), but still she holds the Winter in the heart of her, and she will not wake and she will not warm herself, not for all my praying.

I wrapped her in my coat, and I wound my scarf around her neck, and I covered her feet, and I lay down beside her and wrapped my arms around her and gave her my warmth and my breath (see? Feel my hand, see how cold I am. That warmth, I gave to her), but still she holds the frost and the snow and the ice and the blue sky and the Winter at the heart of her, and she will not wake and she will not warm herself, not for all my gifting.

But she is beautiful, my snow-girl, with the frost riming her eyelashes and the snowflakes in her hair. Ice-cold and beautiful.

And I?

I am old and ugly, tired and full of sleep.

And I am oh-so cold.
Because getting random depressing images at 1am is clearly a sign you should write random prose, right?
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heavymidst's avatar
Great work.
So pleased to read your current writings once more.
Jer