ALARKLING: hazy dawns that leave mist on windows, cathedral spires, fingers glacially tracing veins, windswept shores, burning caramel, swaying field stalks, mumbled curses, a slight tear in stockings, autumnal harvests, november waves lapping at lonely pale sand, sidelong glances, when the moon is half clouded, bloody heels, the first snowfall, cool bedsheets, a single promise that overpowers all else, deliverance