The Cold

Through my coat

Through the layers

Through my skin

All the way to my bones

“Shut your mouth!”

All I heard

A cause for concern

Oh my word

Did the cold just demand?

Did the cold just command?

Did the cold just demean the man that I am?

This coldness has seeped in through the seals

And proceeded to conceal

Any trace

Of my family jewels

So alone here I stand

No more than a toddler

No more than a man