Calm white
a sea of sparkling vastness
alive with flitting snowflakes.
Out of the absence
something appears...
Dark, staggering
shrouded in damp rags.
Stains of red
direct curiosity.
Hobbling ever closer, stops.
Ragged breaths escape
a rasped throat.
Arms slowly open
under a heavy hood
a whispered voice beckons me.
I move into the embrace.
Suddenly surrounded
He takes me.
I can feel His cold
slipping it's way
into my body,
into my bones.
I become prisoner
to His illness.
Sapping my strength
through gritted teeth.
Consuming my warmth
my eyes shut tight.

Release.

I fall to my knees
eyes half open.
He is gone.
Tears, so cold.
The snow is untouched.
I am Haunted.