Take a step

As I roll the dice

A burble of laughter

Warmth in the ice

You say you’re near

As you always are

But never I dream

You’d step so far

I watch your heart

As it crystallizes

Buried deeper

Under layered vices

Frozen-over tundra

So barren, cold

I reach for your warmth

Have nothing to hold

But I’ll find you yet

I’ll thaw blackened ice

I miss you so much

Come in, dear, it’s nice

I wish to shrink our distance

As we once knew well

Concrete as a map

The greenery in my dell

I’ll feed the fireplace

But only once more

Hunger never satisfied

For the love I pour

This log will be the last

I hope you make it spark

Rekindle the light within

Or shiver in the dark

I assure I can be cold

If I muster courage to try

You’ve drained all I can give

Please don’t let my light die