Breaking The Ice
by Lynn White
It needs strength to break the ice
when it’s frozen as solidly as
silence.
Or so I thought.
It needs strength to break the ice,
to break the mould and
reform.
Or so I thought.
But just suppose,
the ice gives up it’s power
and allows the colour
to break through, bright
so the delicate flowers can form,
can bloom, can flourish fragile.
Will they then open up
through the self shattered ice,
and melt the frozen silence
to make a space,
an opening
for a warmth,
that will shatter
the now thinning ice?
I think so.
Writers Bio
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. Her poem 'A Rose For Gaza' was shortlisted for the Theatre Cloud 'War Poetry for Today' competition 2014. This and many other poems, have been widely published on line and in print in some rather excellent publications. Find her at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lynn-White-Poetry/1603675983213077?fref=ts and lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com
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Pieces Inspired by this Image
'The Fabric of Ice'
by A.J. Huffman
'Rejected and Hurt'
by Agnes Clarke
'We Are Life'
by Harmony Hodges