In the pond of our new garden
were five orange stains, under
inches of ice. Weeks since anyone
had been there. already by far
the most severe winter for years.
You broke the ice with a hammer.
I watched the goldfish appear,
blunt-nosed and delicately clear.
Since then so much has taken place
to distance us from what we were.
That it should come to this.
Unable to hide the horror
in my eyes, I stand helpless
by your bedside and can do no more
than wish it were simply a matter of
smashing the ice and giving you air.
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