Black flakes down the embrace of the winter breeze Swirling in a communion tacit yet flawless Falling under the grip of the earth attraction Microcosmic carousel of sorrow Anonymous pseudopodia Within an ocean of deceit Hectic parthenogenesis Meaningful for no one To carve an epitaph In the name of denial Testamentary architects Aporetic Clouded by this foreseeable disappearance We drown in the blizzard that eclipsed the swell An occult mark for the deniers' truth Withering snowdrops to dig these foundations They erected their steles like so many tokens of uncertainty Spreading the dust as a covenant of life Creatures of flesh and paper We came sightless into that world Burdened by our mortal coils – we crawl In the shadow of tangible potentialities Anonymous pseudopodia Within an ocean of deceit Hectic parthenogenesis Meaningful for no one To carve an epitaph In the name of denial Testamentary architects Aporetic