The dawn cracks
light breaks me
open again
in the winter
of your love
as you
touch me
like the cold
hold me
shatter my soul
enter as you
leave me
inside out
all shadow and
alone
empty me ’til
I return to
the memory of
whole
in the darkness
of a season to
welcome me
home

Debbie Berk 2016
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