Tag: Death

Steam rose
From calm lake
Open waters
Between placid patches
Smooth ice
Encapsulated wet
From the frozen
One false step
On newly formed ice
Would send you
Plunging
Into bitter cold
Clinging wet
Freezing solid
In bitter air
System shocked
Floundered for help
But found none
Only
Darkness

– James Dubeau

Fallen temperatures

Had started freezing

The obstinate lake

Fragile icy ring

Around the shore

Center waves

Refuse to be silenced

Delirious

From drink

From drugs

And all I do

You stepped out

Onto the ice

Not feeling

Cracks

Beneath your feet

You tried to move

But didn’t know

Where to go

Before the ice

Gave

Way

A few seconds

Cold

Shock 

Trauma

More than enough

In your state

Frightening

Terrifying

Once beautiful night

Sparkling stars

And moon above

Dimmed

To darkness

As the delirium

The pain

The agony

Of it all

Slowed

To an

End

– James Dubeau