Balm

Balm

balm to my one eye
with the burst blood

vessels, balm to my head
aching behind that eye,

balm to my nose sore
from handkerchiefs, balm

for skin after the cold
wind scorched while cleaning

snow from my truck,
balm like an aphrodisiac

for the sky's clouds full
of more snow, and wind,

balm for birds tired
of flapping in the darkness?