fire and ice

Fire and ice

don't mix you say?

I've met fire

with icy frost.

But this time they're merging...

when an iceberg is melting.

You can't see 90% of

the ice below water's surface.

Melt the tip

a bit at a time...

and the surface area
in view grows flatter.
Easier to stand upon
with surer footing.

I doubt we have enough
fuel to melt it all down,

but the steam is flowing

becoming droplets to the sea.
And the sea is infinitely
vast enough to carry
our tears away...



I face my birthday tomorrow with hope and trepidation, as a new life lies ahead, one moment at a time.