A woman's poems reacting to the end of a relationship. At first she is desolate (cold), lost and humiliated. Then (colder) her immune system kicks in and, realizing she is also a character in her story, not powerless, but a co-creator, she begins to stand up for herself and assert her right to life. Excerpt: perhaps it was all the same to him she thought that he careened through life leaving her more or less Excerpt: this engine of silence turns and grinds my wheels of desire burns fires of longing melts me into red hot remembrance lava Excerpt: can love show me how to love myself? will love fall like rain moisen me a sprout to grow again? to love myself Excerpt: dreams are seeds he holds his dreams to himself fertilizing no one he would rather feel rejected than let go and vent his dreams permanently in the dust