CayCay Godwin Poet Rhyme

Frozen Shiver Shakes

Icebergs floated all around me –
frozen is no place to safely flee.
I fell down on an ice crystal,
then I heard you whistle
and felt myself turn towards bold
so I could leave this place so cold.

So many crevices and cracks.
Frigid ice coated my back.
A glacier's huge backhand
flew my memories to slush land.

As my shivers began to shake,
I felt my knees tremble and quake.
Love never knows its hold on tomorrow.
Days are not warm braced against sorrow.

Your repeat, sleety emotion
will not ease glacial commotion.
Frozen mist cannot reinstall
a flaming, toasty love recall. 
I bear your gifts so numb fraught
they will ever stay iceberg caught.

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Paige Hind March 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM Deep poetry, and very beautiful

Daniel Henry Rodgers March 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM Dear CayCay, I love how this one wraps itself around you like a cold wind, biting and relentless. I felt that there’s something so visceral in the way you capture not just the chill of loss, but the way it settles into the bones and how memory itself can turn to ice, refusing to thaw no matter how much warmth we try to summon. Very Lingering. Spring Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel

Victor Buhagiar March 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM I used to love dancing...but not in a frozen mist. I prefer warmth.

David Crandall March 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM Great phrases, I guess I'd agree with Love never knows its hold on tomorrow.

Andrea Dietrich March 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM I really liked your effort with this difficult topic. Your mind is still so nimble, Caycay. I want to tell you something in soupmail. Hope you are getting my texts ??

Joseph P. DiMino March 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM Nothing more devastating than a heart grown cold. I hear ya, CayCay -- I've had my share. Well said. CayCay Godwin March 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM Thank you, Joe. If pain never put us on trial, we would never really appreciate our smiles (from one of my poems.) I think pain is God's way of making us call His name. Thank you, Joe. Blessings ... CayCay

Paula Goldsmith March 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM What a write you have here. I enjoyed reading your "Frozen Shiver Shakes." "Good Luck" Have a blessed day writing away........... CayCay Godwin March 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM And what a message I have here! Thank you, Paula ... CayCay