Ice against steel:
The only steady sound as, slowly
The car is seized by chaos
And spun off the road into destiny.
Blue flashing lights, flicker
Red steaming snow grows
As time slows, then shudders, then stops.
The world folds in upon itself
Darkness upon darkness
Until all that remains
Is a long, cold box
Beneath a grey, withered tree
Tear-drenched with the final misery
Of that long-ago moment (when there was)
Ice against steel.