ICEMOSIS

ice seeps into our minds
permeates our will
changing us
into our most fearful selves
snow we love and cherish
but the sting of ice
blocking us from from our lives
falling, piercing ice
chases us to shelter
like frightened prey animals
ice enters our hearts
intensely gripping
our cowardly spines. . . .

Icestorm in Texas
January 1988