A touch of ice

A touch of ice Tragedies seem to have a simple way out The heroine knows exactly what is about To occur She saw the killer out the window very clearly Those soft words he spoke darling I love you dearly It’s a blur What seemed to be so wholesome and nice Leaves a shiver running up your spine, a touch of ice Passionate kisses dreams of throwing rice Sharp icicles form as she speaks her words , a touch of ice Alibi’s pulled one after another, like tissue from a box Loneliness cares little for sunrise, sunsets, or clocks Leaves blowing Echo’s of memories still to be written pervade the dreams Silence ain’t golden when you wait forever or so it seems Not knowing What happened to don’t kiss me once make it twice? Northerly breeze comes whipping up her sleeves, a touch of ice Angel lost her wings somehow, now she’s a devil in tights Freezing me so, babe let me warm your heart, melt a touch of ice There’s a fire in the igloo, I know you want the same thing I do And the infernal resistance that’s created by the needless distance Cools the fire So spark a fire with me babe, ice cold big blue you’ll blow some smoke And those tragedies? Like I said the way out is so simple it’s really a joke We just get higher Elevate to the place where we can snuggle close and spend our nights Hearts on fire radiate through your body you don’t have a touch of ice Melting as we’re swimming in the sea of love, laughing taking in the sights Happy in knowing that the places we’re going are now blessed with a touch of …nice Tim Windisch 11/16/2023