candy canes

sucking on candy canes in the warm wintery breeze
silvery whispers afloat; they bounce around like
bubbles in the sky.
they remind me of her and all she contains
the red streaks disappearing
like the red streaks in her hair that faded to gold
leaving a blank canvas behind, for stories untold.
as the wrapper falls off, i'm left bare
vulnerable to her embrace that wraps me in a shroud of glowing embers
i'm warm again, and whole, and we can be left alone to the dust
protected forever by the sharp point i created
a dagger to the heart is all it would take.

couplets are easy

bleeding everywhere onto everything
and so does my heart