"The Thawing of the Spring"

Midnight came and the bell tolls
‘Tis the moment that darkness falls
One year more, one more addition
This life onwards moving unbidden

I’d hold it still and keep it close
Taking only things that I chose
Mistakes rued, feared never
this iron core to surrender

I’d like to remain ever cold and frozen
Where winter shrouds this forlorn garden
Held still and unmoving
Waiting the coming of Spring

The migration of glaciers, moving slowly
Whither goest thou? asked of solitary me
Tomb me in ice and sheath me in cold
Deaden the centre of this lone safehold

A brittle sheath holding this perfection
Icy stillness numbing sensation
Stark and pure, white powdery snow
By the Sun’s heat I’m brought low

I’d like to remain ever cold and frozen
Where winter shrouds this forlorn garden
Held still and unmoving
Waiting endlessly the coming of Spring