Cold

shiver

Spine tingles.
Feeling spineless.
Curled into self,
Trying to shut out and in.
Fire warms the body, but not the soul.

shudder

Bleak past, present, future.
Unable to create one's own hope.
Limbs and mind sapped of vivacity,
Doomed to a day of inactivity.
Frozen over heart.

smolder

Blame the self, the stranger.
Lashing out.
Shatter the ice and conscience,
Leaving a pool of broken aspiration
Amidst the nervous perspiration.

satiate

Feed mind and body.
Sustenance and human contact.
Enjoy.
Find an equilibrium
In the distractions of a few friends.

serve

Interrupt the dark thoughts
With the light of tasks at hand.
The future waits,
But I cannot.
Work now, wallow later.

surrender

Make my way to the waiting faces.
A care, a concern, all I could ask.
Numbness fading.
Held by the circle, I won't fall yet,
Not while I still feel one warm breath.