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.