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The love that came in from the cold

The chill infects us with a paralysing cold
that kills all creativity and effort
of a decent life of work and strain,
but then there was this startling breath
of a new life of long ago,
of childhood memories and tender warmth
that I was not aware existed anymore,
by your surprising resurrection from the dead
or from the depths of history at least,
when you so suddenly bring me to life again,
reminding me of love that I thought dead
and frozen stiff and buried deep so long ago;
and this amazing gush of life and freshness
comes directly from the frozen vastness
of the hopeless winter landscape of Siberia,
where you never would expect
that love would come to you;
but there it is, another blessing
undeserved, surprising, reinvigorating
like the miracle of life itself;
but dare I hope that it will stay?
At least this ray of light gives hope enough
for me to go on living after all,
although it might be on condition
that I shall thirst forever for the next one.

Poetry by Christian Lanciai