Cry of the Frozen Child

Move my soul

Tear at my armor

I am frozen for the weight of it

Graze my wound

Brave my fury that I may find it

Or my fear

My quaking child within

Alone in the waiting

Press me

Do not let me shrink from you

To disrespect your unsearchable devotion

The flame that licks at my glacial moment

Somewhere in my depths

I yearn for the pain of breaking

Lash at me

But endure

Provoke me

Violate my stronghold of lies

Terrify me with your wind of knowing

Love's ferocity

Shatter my black windows

Drag me bleeding into the light

Pour your acceptance over me

Prove to me to what I never could believe

That I could still be loved

Now that I am known

For I have tasted beauty

It slipped between my broken lips

And bit into my heart

Its memory eternal

Driving me

Compelling me again to peer into the abyss

Again to beseech fire from your eyes

Thirsty for more of the life within me

Seeking voice

Stephen Pursell, 12/98