Naked Hearts

The winter wind howls
to remind 
our frigid faces
just how lonely 
the cold is.
Red noses
and blue finger tips
plea for refuge,
abandoned. 
In the light
of the street lamp,
only ice
glitters and gleams
and sidewalks
shiver mostly
for the stars
high above.
Not a soul,
not a word.
Naked hearts
stand no chance
and whither
oceans apart.

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"Then the longest winter is on her way. You called her without knowing it and now it's too late." Pedro the Lion The Longest Winter

"I'm just looking for shelter. You're just holding my hand if I hold you." Good Old War Looking for Shelter

"We were talking in a field, feet on the ground. Though my memories often fade there, oceans apart from where you are.” The Fire Theft Oceans Apart