the heel of the boot
grinds to dust all detritus.
uncompromising.
colored cold
white is all colors
with the rainbow colored cold.
and black skulks away.
devil lived
the night doth wonder
like the devil doth wander
in fiery valleys.
thaw’s hammer
ice not cold enough.
the tongue of frost licks colder.
numbness not unthawed.
blood like a river
a green leaf floating
upon a still blue river.
blood on the white bone.
horses howling
the wind a wizard
blowing in hard from the north.
riding ice horses.