The Ice Skater

Words flow smoothly

Modulated controlled

You skim the surface

Practiced in form

How easily you spin

Into my heart

As I dance with

Words on ice

In your pirouettes and stops

You lead me along

Following

Longing

Wondering

A lift by prayer

A mind that soars

A gentle drop

The blade skims ice

And glides

Fantasies unfold

A gentle weave

Patterns sketched

As your words

Unlock a frozen heart

Routine finished

Frozen time

You take your bows

As you leave the arena

Adulations

Bravo

How well you speak

A questioned posed

With a word

You lose your pace

The surface scratched

You hit a bump

Pull back

Words retraced

The ice cracks

And beneath

The icy waters flow

Torrents

Uncontained

Uncontrolled