Deciduous down.

Brittle bark saw cut snap

Timbers creak under our weight

Deciduous down.

Stripped and varnish shipped

Testament humanity

Stars reflect vanity.

Build brightly.

All kinds of strangers

With all kinds of dangerous

Maps on their faces.

Cigarette eyes red

Burning hearts on tattered sleeves

Working hard on love.

Beard, callous and tattoo

Hammer pouch rattles heavy

Build on, build brightly.

Still North Baby

Winter hangs on still

Melt breathes from beneath dark ice

Gasping for sunlight.

Two weeks in, two more

Burdened shoulders come and go

Still North, baby, still.