Cold the fire burns inside
Ashes scatter when I sigh
Flames they dance upon the log
Ghostly flames out in the fog

Now the chill of winter
Creeps along my bones
A wind that makes me shiver
Calling me to come home

Blue my eyes scanning sky
Dead the world around
Running away from everything
Seeking out the winter flame

I feel the kiss of winter
Brush against my lips
The coldness sweeping through
From toe to fingertip

A phantom stands before me
Glowing pale with winter flame
My one and only lover
Glowing with the winters flame

all text Copyright Cary Preston Richards, 1999