winter howls at my door
the solstice fast approaches as does melancholy’s zenith

winter howls at my door
.
Soft skittering, scratching,
tapping along tired panes
as Arctic drawn airs
go long by
dragging along skin before
settling in, marrow deep.
.
winter howls at my door
.
Metamorphosis inverse,
regress & recess —
sunk cost fallacy in reverse,
sunk into a mattress
— heavy is as heavy does.
.
winter howls at my door
.
The longest night,
the shortest sight
lashes heavy with the dark
with illusory, never ending
end.
.
my bones ache with the weight
of a snow heaving, starry sky as
.
winter howls at my door
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Thank you for visiting. Please, be kind to yourself.
If you would like some insight or some advice on resources, feel free to check out this piece I wrote ‘Killing the False Self.’ No affilliate links, only information.
A tip is never expected, but always appreciated. May today be good and tomorrow better.
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Chaia Levi
like if Nabokov had a brain injury
artist, writer, photographer. focus on horror and nature. all original content, all made myself — no AI.
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