Slowly, almost unseen to the human eye The ice around her heart melts The huge block develops a crack The crack deepens and widens And lets in the warmth Sometimes the crack fills with melted ice And suffers new blockage But it slowly melts And the crack widens and deepens With the warmth of her tears And some days, it touches her heart Her soul, frozen deep inside And set free and alive! Yet still trapped inside And she knows Only time will help To thaw the rest of the ice Surrounding her "self" And set her free written and copyrighted by Carleen E. Ellis 1996. Back