depart town

..............................

village on ice

Home

Safety

 shelter

built atop frozen tundra

society

on  ice

...........................

warnings

do not venture  far

unknowns

danger

..................

In books 

legends

Another world

Myths

...................

Survival

Priorities

Commitments

forgotten prophecies 

only stories

...............................

stay close

stay safe

....................

One day I depart

 a vehicle

Designed to conquer

built to withstand

........................

  treads

 sleds

made for snow

durable

safe on ice

..............

far from town

village beyond

..............

storm

snow

cannot see

forget time

Disorientation

no distance

beyond safety

........................................

Try to turn back

lose direction

further and further

Deeper and deeper

.........................

then

...............

 vehicle stops

Disabled

...............

cannot fix

No radio

No phone

.................

prayers for help

Cold outside

NEED SHELTER

.................

prayers unanswered

..............

Night temperatures

wind and chill

cries unheard

FEAR

............

FREEZE?

..........

Night arrives

temperature drops

...............

DEATH?

.....................

RESIGNATION, FEAR, CRIES

.................

too cold to cry

too cold to pray

wind increases

.....................

my fault?

I went too far

Ignored all warnings

Shame, Guilt

......................

suddenly

below my feet

atop the ice

a crack

a fissure

........................

THIN ICE?

BAD NEWS?

think of a solution

think of a solution

think of a soluton

......................

NO SOLUTION

 ................

foundation unstable

Fissure larger, fear increases

.....................

END??????????

...........................

Night, dark, cannot see

...........................

asleep or awake?

..............................

END?????????????

.........................

 from the crack

a glow

.....................

from the crevice

a beam

...................

more darkness

 Clouds

cold

and

a ray............a ray...........a ray?

.............................

WARMTH

FROM THE RAY?

.......................

AWAKE

......................

fissure  wider

opening deep

Ray brighter

glow warmer

..................

 inside fissure

below

far far down

a flower

..............

LIFE

Time disappears

................

 Skys grow warm

 vehicle starts

..................

FISSURE GONE

..............................

frantic scurry

return to    village

let it be known

do not fear limits

 Below safe shelters

mysterious Life

Believe all legends

BELIEVE

PROPHECIES TRUE

 forgotten meadow

glowing pasture

Below all ice

........................

Excited

run to tell

joy

 exhilarant

............................

Below our ice

A TREASURE

Resist no ice

Forget  our shelters

Believe  legends

Release  fear

.......................

Ice will melt

Welcome the day

legends true

.........................

Fear  not fissures

Repair no cracks

Celebrate the arrival

.................

No end

....................

BEGINNING