another senseless week of crowded thoughts and crooked teeth  morning frost and frozen sidewalks  all those days that burn inside us  swell up in the silence of snowflakes falling magically  but the magic fades into the memory  sleigh bells ringing laughing all the way  cold hands of winter grasp as i gasp for breath  is this my last?  no thoughts of dying no more self loathing for today  so deck the halls with drunken folly  swallow resolutions line our stomachs with illusions  car engines sputtering like these smoke filled dreams  mistletoes and colored lightbulbs  and the kiss of winter fades into the memory  angels singing ... lift me off the ground  yesterday is frozen in the revery  tomorrow is melting  let's raise our glasses to these faintly falling ashes ...