Written by Gabriella Troy
Art by Elina Krima
time warps in a body’s
unnatural self-defense
denial and destiny pretend
rationed bread is honeyed
isolated victory of warmth
unending war against frostbite
fingers unfeeling and despondent
slipping down your cheek
dusty trails of soot and blood
nowhere to hold so plunge
enter dreams of marigolds
and sunshine rivers
drift me far away
i’m losing and lost
i must have let go
logic blurs with pretense
graveyard groaning questions
corpses without names
you and i among them
warped under life or death