Another night of the same charade I find myself wanting her call Yet dreading the sound of the ring Have I come to love my self-imposed confinement? Do I loathe the one in the mirror or just not enough? These smoke rings remind me That I am just as hollow and undirected Winter approaches and with it come The nights of aimless wandering The sky and the temperature have nothing On this gray soul and this cold heart Desiring anything but what I know I need If there was no way into your warmth I would have let the ice in these veins Still my heart long ago