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Breaking the Ice

Marooned, stranded, isolated, he turns his shame upon himself. Choice builds habit, cube by cube, erecting frozen walls which become too slippery to surmount. Had he raised his head or his voice, he would have found that iceland is littered with those marooned, stranded, isolated. But not one of them raised a head or a…

Marooned,

stranded,

isolated,

he turns his shame upon himself.

Choice builds habit,

cube by cube,

erecting frozen walls

which become too slippery to surmount.

Had he raised his head

or his voice,

he would have found that

iceland is

littered with those

marooned,

stranded,

isolated.

But not one of them

raised a head

or a voice,

so the ice

was never

broken…

Responses to “Breaking the Ice”

  1. Robert Rife

    I like the poetic allegory here. Very nice.

    1. melodylowes

      Thanks Rob!

  2. Caddo Veil

    Looks like you’ve made some blog design changes, or are my eyes not fully open yet?

    1. melodylowes

      Just switched to a fall colour scheme – couldn’t bring myself to make it winterized, although that’s what all my photos already show!

      1. Caddo Veil

        In the beginning (sounds familiar, eh?) I used to play around with theme changes, header/banner pictures–but now it seems too time-consuming and stressful. And once, I changed it so drastically that one of my regular readers got confused, and I almost lost him! So, for now, I think I’ll confine myself to writing… God bless you as you “bundle up”!

      2. melodylowes

        You still recognized me, right? I think I’ll change the background pic and colour scheme seasonally, but I didn’t want too drastic a change – wanted people to still know that this was me! I’ve been confused at other blogs, so want to be careful in my changes. Tell me if it’s too much, ’cause I sure don’t want that…

  3. Caddo Veil

    No, it’s not “too much”–just enough to keep me on my toes, and that’s a good thing (I think?)!

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