Falling Through The Ice

Falling Through The Ice

Beneath the Ice

Falling—

a sudden crack,

a breath stolen mid-gasp

as the world gives way beneath.

Cold fists wrap tight,

pulling, swallowing,

lungs burn with silence,

fingers scrape at glassy walls—

no door, no way out.

Light shimmers above,

so close, so far,

a blurred ghost of what was.

Heart slows, shadows stretch,

the ice holds tight.

sinking down down

And then—

nothing.