She has taken a few steps as the ice beneath her feet tapped in rhythms of promise and unpromised of breaking through. A sudden frost quake echoes howling through the busy wind as she looks around, one step *BOOOMM* she falls into a frozen of time Swifty the currents beneath the ice rush her to the deep dark bottom, suddenly a bright light glows below what is known as the unknown!...

The cold, unbearable. Her vision limited. “Help” her throat crackling from the chilling wind. She couldn’t understand where he could’ve gone when the hole is right in front of her. “Ill be right back” she said before delving into the woods. She wondered why all of a sudden he wanted to go fishing. He’d never went before and all of a sudden it came to her.

Feeling the warmth of his truck, that i...

Sabina didn’t know how long the lake was, the realm never got this cold, not for a long time. Her feet were numb, the soles of her shoes wear teetering over the line of unusable. She clung to her small frame for just a hint of warmth.

Soon, Sabina thought, soon, she would be able to go home. She could explain to her mother where she had been, help her father with repairs, listen to her sister bl...

I have exploited this land

And depleted it of its resources.

I hear it takes the blood of a thousand worth their weight in gold.

I had no ties to the cold except I was desensitized.

I heard that no one dies.

No man’s bomb blows a baby’s bead to pieces

Amid boundary conflicts.

Media lies and says everything’s fine

But whose head is impaled by the stake,

Lined fences with the faces of traitors.

T...

Carol pulled her coat on and tied her shoes. The winter this year had been especially cold. Something that had never happened in her lifetime occurred this year. The lake they lived on froze. Ever since it happened she had been hearing sounds coming from across the lake. The only thing that was of was that she knew that no one lived over there....

Looking for you

I set out across the lake

In a big winter jacket

Tall, warm boots

And some snow pants too

Well prepared for my journey to you

I pass by someone

They’re shaking in the cold

I give them my jacket

But they don’t thank me

Because what else would I do

And they add it to their pile

I see a person

Who’s feet are tinged blue

Missing they’re shoes

So I give them mine

And when they think I...

It was bitter out. My body was shivering at a thousand miles per hour. You could probably hear the sound of my teeth chattering from across the globe. My eyes darted across the lake in front of me in hopes of seeing where Dad went, but he seemed to be long gone.

I turned back towards the cabin to retrieve my winter gear: my jacket, hat, gloves, boots, and ice cleats. Dad always made sure we were ...

A young girl decided to venture off the nearby parks trail when she caught a glimpse of the frozen pond. The pond where a majority of her summer memories spring from. As she tapped her foot on the lakes icy glass surface, testing its boundaries. She then put all of her weight down and to her surprise nothing happened. This body of water was rock solid. She began slowly walking across its surface, ...

The howling wind chilled my bones, sending shivers straight down to my core. I walked both slowly and without hesitation across the icy lake.

The devil swirled the waters beneath me, and I could see it stirring like the wind below the thin layers of snow.

I tugged at my hat, keeping it firmly on my head. I could feel the blue shards of ice creeping up my fingers and into my hands. I tottered on ...

_I just have to make it to the other side. _This is the thought I keep telling myself. My feet are rooted to the side of the lake. Getting to the other side is more than just finishing this race I’ve involuntarily started. I didn’t choose to be here. I would not have wanted to be part of this but my family needs me to finish.

There have been so many tests and challenges in this race its almost r...