It's Still Life

Your Secret Language

It’s winter male?
I don’t know but it tastes like

pine
and snow
and the sharp bite of an apple.

It moves in,
and then pulls you closer,
roots around in your ruins

and teaches you its
secret language so you’re
unable to make sense

of yourself, or anyone else.
Is winter male?
Yes. Probably.

©Misky 2021