All Comments on 'burning the nails'

beautifully written and expressed. thank you

Where did you find "beleagued "

Google doesn't seem to know it.

Did you pull the "r"s out of your word,

or vice versa?

I like your closing phrase:

"breathing across the glacier

lakes

of fire and treasons."

style of writing. Very moody, great choice of words and imagery

"beleaguer, beleagued : to besiege by encircling, as with an army or surround on all sides."

I had no probs with my Webster ;)