Ice Kingdom

gleaming daggers

jewels set in natures crown

every branch, twig, and blade of grass

arrayed in glory

as foolish plants

had rushed headlong out of their dens of earth

thinking to steal some time

from winters grip

paying the price

captured and entombed

displayed like some butterfly

in a trophy case

beautiful

lifelike unmoving

frozen in time

Joseph Men

January 10, 1997

© 2001, Joseph Men