12:45 AM. July 12, 2004

I swim down to get Teddy, it’s awfully dark.

But I would even endure years of mountain climbing to protect Teddy.

I swim back up to the surface,

Though it never occurred to me how fast the ice would freeze over.

Or how long it would take to melt.

6:44 PM. January 7, 2018

It’s glistening,

Slippery,

Foggy.

How does no one know I’m here?

Person after person,

They walk prudently,

They choose this path over the grass,

I knock against the ice,

Tirelessly.

How long have I been here?

When the ice thins,

And the rain ceases,

I will escape.