Ice
Cold
Raging frigid inferno
Must freeze, or lose form and drip away into nothingness
Heat burns, but cold kills
Patient
Silent bitter scream
Golden years a few million instants away
Strength waits
Inflexible
Cage of rigid atoms
Struck with a hammer, violently hurling shards
Heart remains untouched
Powerful
Soul's immutable will
Paths of ice penetrate ramparts of blood
Freedom awaits
July 28, 1998