Frozen

I stare at this shaft of ice
So firm and thick, trillions of cells frozen in time
They don’t age like pre-historic crust, weathering with the wind
This whole structure, hidden from the sun, if were to melt
I’d have nowhere to run
I knock three times with my cane, as if expecting Jor-El
To rise from the ice and tell me I have super powers
Oh what a thrill that would be
I could see into this ice shaft
I could see it’s beating heart, would it be sullen?
I would be if I were frozen and alone
I wonder if all frozen things are sad?
To be sad is to shiver inside, imagine being frozen inside….
I feel the wall shaft, as if I were a doctor feeling the beating heart of my patient
It looked at me with deep depressing eyes
I wish I could do something to mitigate your pain, I said to it
No one, nothing should have to be frozen