Across the Lake
The ice is slowly melting underneath me.
There is a real danger here.
Now I am frozen and drowning.
But still on the surface.
Just paralyzed by fear.
Thinking that if I stay still…
The lake will refreeze.
So I will stand here, shivering.
Afraid to move to safety.
My family is calling for me.
I am finally brave enough to take the risk-
To tell them how I’ve been feeling this whole time.
It’s too bad it took a crisis-
To finally have a catharsis.
Because now they cannot hug me close.
But at least I know they care.
Even if they can only do so from a distance.
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