Author's Notes: neither of the characters are named, but they still aren't mine. Archive if you like, although I do believe an older version of this is archived under "Poem, untitled". You know me and titles... ;)
Winter Knight
by Eve
I first loved you, half in shadows
while you outshone the moonlight
pale, and cold
the kiss of snow on my cheeks and lips
like your touch
so gentle
so chill
your look all the warmth I needed
in that winter night
I barely even noticed
that your breath did not frost the windowpane
or melt the snowflakes
as they floated down
we are all
so insubstantial
so mortal
but you alone remain
in all your gilded guilt
and glory
your beauty
preserved in ageless amber
seeing you, I understand
Lucifer, golden among angels
before he
fell