To be warm
is to be safe
But warmth is not a right-
warmth is a privilege
If you are cold
freezing and dying
you do not have the right
to build a fire
You have the right
to remain silent
So when the storm comes
and buries you deep
and you have no wealth
then
you will seep
And you will freeze
forever exercising
your right
of remaining silence
until your cold
bitter
end…
when the fire runs out-
and you end.