red lines 
and blue lines, intersecting and
encircling these two obsidian monuments
who stand haughty and implacable normally
...
        
            Blood on the snow; 
the falling white, like icy spikes.
The sky is low; 
so oppressive it feels like
...
        
            It's just how it is.
Sorry.
Condemned, 
like a building no longer fit
...
        
            I went away
to a magical land
where sedatives flowed like wine
and there were no sharp objects
...