by No Bagles
some would say a metaphor overused maybe, but dang you painted images so well..ending with winters silent chill.
i really thought this was wonderful.
and it's a very good poem. I'm not sure about naked black fingers and naked black limbs. Though, you are saying that naked black limbs surrender again, which ties in with the first stanza, so I suppose using naked black twice works.
*No longer using the thermometer.