Day 356 - Walking in Flames

Well you used to walk on fire

I always wondered how you did that

How you danced over the pyre

As gracefully as the proud king's cat

But now I understand better I think

You were really walking in the cold

Miles without a drop to drink

All of your dreams long ago sold

To a man who promised you light

To keep you warm and safe from everything

So he gave you flames burning bright

And in wishes for the snow you began to sing

Day 52 - Frozen Hopes

Frozen Hopes

You drenched the sweet girl that day

In candy-coated compliments

She wept with a quiet "thank you" to say

And dwelled on such short moments

But now you leave her all alone

And she ices over cold as stone

The beauty that once colored her face

Has torn away to other lands

She is frozen in the same wretched place

Giving in to your cruel demands

She spends her days quieter by and by

Until she cannot even see the gray sky

She has darkened under that white

Now hardier than she was before

Better to make it through the night

Readying herself for what may be in store

Hoping she will discover one final spring day

Showing you did mean all that you used to say

Day 28 - Cold Yet Not to the Core

Cold Yet Not to the Core

Warm shadows and sun shine through

But it is colder than you ever knew

There sits a charade, ice posing as glass

Waiting for the final moment to pass

Then ice can grow into a mighty raging river

Cold and willing to call on every forgiver

Even in times when the message is false

It disregards all voices with a pulse

But that is only what you see on the surface

The core of the matter you swiftly dismiss

For it is colored the same shade all the way through

But that is not the only reality that is true

Ice can reflect out the brightest of light

Or keep you shivering into the night

Leaving that door so slightly ajar

Has already gotten you this far

Next time manage to hide your own disaster

Do not come and attack my forever after