Bed of ice
Publication date: 2023-10-23
Title: Bed of ice
Type: Poetry
Publication: Rinnan Lit.
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Bed of ice
Upon the bed of ice I struck my life,
the coldness keeping it intact.
Emptiness and silence
inhabit the halls of my life,
the castle moulded out of bricks
stolen from the neighbours’ yards.
I built the tower of ice where I reside, melting
you out of my life. Frozen in the past
the words traced in steam within
the walls I walk; I wipe them off.
The coldness kept me warm
when the pillars of the world left me all alone.