Aurie
January 30th, 2002, 05:19 PM
artfully icicled trees
glittering fences
sharp barbed wire
so painful, so pretty
the landscape is frozen
much the way my
heart is
frozen and cold
on the outside
and depending on
whether i'm strong
and enduring
like a tree or
shallow and piercing
like barbed wire
i could be alive
safe and hibernating
inside that shiny
cellophane-like
failed freezer bag
(but not yet freezer
burned) exterior
or
i could just be sharp
inanimate
cold and metal
and of course very icy
barricading a frozen
meadow of iced
grass (mind)
shrubbery (soul)
is my heart
my tree of light
my strength and wisdom
or
my flimsy protection
for the unpredictable
conditions of my
un-terminate-able
life (love).
glittering fences
sharp barbed wire
so painful, so pretty
the landscape is frozen
much the way my
heart is
frozen and cold
on the outside
and depending on
whether i'm strong
and enduring
like a tree or
shallow and piercing
like barbed wire
i could be alive
safe and hibernating
inside that shiny
cellophane-like
failed freezer bag
(but not yet freezer
burned) exterior
or
i could just be sharp
inanimate
cold and metal
and of course very icy
barricading a frozen
meadow of iced
grass (mind)
shrubbery (soul)
is my heart
my tree of light
my strength and wisdom
or
my flimsy protection
for the unpredictable
conditions of my
un-terminate-able
life (love).