Cold, Cold Heart
for Hank

Water you can put your weight on without
a thought of drowning in it, cold blue light
hard beyond summer haze, like something
that does not turn with the passing of passing
time, moves glacier slow where air thins to
make you mindful of breathing. If you
melted a heart like this you'd cause a flood
when what you want's a place to stand, a solid
surface that will not break under the weight
of a life, the weight of a soul, light
distilled to transparency, glass you
can see through, a body that can hold you.
When it's clear and cold, you can see forever.
When it freezes, you can walk on water.
© Steven Schroeder

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