The Ice Sculpts Itself

The ice
is slowly sculpting
itself toward the
frozen ground
and piles of
drifted snow.

One drop
at a time.

It reaches for
a home in the warming
rays of the sun;

reaches down,
always down
to the frozen earth
and drifts.

It is a final
flair for the
water before it
disappears beneath
the hidden earth.

It goes below
to become food
and respiration
for the plants -
a home for
countless creatures
of the deep.

But, before it
goes it sculpts itself
for it's own delight.

Ciao!

TJM

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