Stepping on cold stares
as the icy glare of universal
awareness cuts through
Sharp pains intensify
as dormant minds awaken from
a frostbite state of reality
Frozen thoughts transition
finding warmth too tempting to deny
though thawing is risky
Too much, too fast, could
terminate the possibilities
not enough could end the same
Confining cubes crack
melting minds find themselves
alive in the after-thaw
New crystals form in patterns
envied by dying eyesicles whose
frozen lungs still long to breathe
Frigid thoughts defrost
in evolutions of heat
releasing freedom
Inhibition steams impatiently
rising on transmuting winds
anxious to reach heaven
-Alisha Jael