Cold

It's gloomy and isolated
in the unlit flat,

luckily I'm able to
cleanse when the
water is tepid
so I don't reek,
for the water
is turned off.

It's probably warmer
outside where the
wind whistles and
torrential rain
causes havoc,

for here my body
shivers to warm itself

as the daylight allows
shadows to freeze
so monsters
disappear
until dark;

anyway.

©Em