that soft fey-face

soft as snow on its first fall
coolascold as a crankcall
warm as a windblownwick
dank as a dampeneddeed
plainaspace ; feyasyourface
dazed,fazed,gazed,haze,lazed,maze

softasclay soft
as your fey-face aloft
yourways—athousandways
you do that soft-
en my otherwise frozen days

- January 25, 2004, Sunday; Surrey, British Columbia
(While listening to “Blushing Girl, Nervous Smile” by The Wallflowers UK; single release)