Girl of Glaciers

Photo by&#160;<a href="https://unsplash.com/@swimstaralex?utm_source=medium&#38;utm_medium=referral">Alexander Sinn</a>&#160;on&#160;<a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&#38;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a><br/><br/>after Maggie Stiefvater<br/><br/>Now there is ice within her chest,a grieving girl forever blessedwith daggers underneath her skinbelying grief buried within.Some stoic magic holds her stillthough misery would drink its fill,she freezes blood and living bonecontent to wield her knives alone.<br/><br/>If love should come, a summer rainto evanesce the hard-pack painbe it prepared: she does not melt,a master of emotions feltand disregarded. Love&#8217;s a songwith bitter chords. She hums along. <br/><br/>Get full access to Sonnets &c. at <a href="https://zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe</a>