he sees Alaska
deep in her eyes
frozen by arctic
winds with chilled-shock
icicles under
pupils from frost
tundra-filled hearts
make the northern lights
color the atmosphere with the night
silence is telling time to slow down
as this cold desert absorbs all sound
lips are then fastened by lucid ice
lost in her caverns
of opal-white
with frigid darkness
and endless depths
that show the glacial
will shift their breath
and blend the clouds
that are crystallized