snow lapsed silences
depression hefted between our
crunching footsteps
and frosty exhales
trading fleeting currency of
when our spirits levitated
you
great grey owl
celestial migratory visitor
at january wolf moon
me
a triptych of red foxes
shock of dark chins
calling to each other across
the snow-covered lichen
turning tail swiftly to leave
me, lonely in their wake