Ice Sculpture
I am a sculpture made of Ice.
I crack and shatter, fall apart and start to melt.
So I distance myself from others,
Become cold to rebuild myself.
I look strong on the outside,
Sleek, marbley ice, like stone.
But deep inside, I’m filled with fractures,
Ready to break at the slightest stress.
The cold makes me slow and weak,
But I’m scared of the warmth, so I push it away.
Little do I know, deep inside the snow,
Something is trying to break free.
With every sunny day, and every warm smile,
I shed another layer of this icy cocoon,
Yet still I fear letting it go.
The creature has been dormant for so long,
Who knows if it’s good or bad, friend or foe.
Fear crystallizes my icy heart,
And I can only ask myself one thing:
What could be worse?
Let out the possibly terrible monster imprisoned in my ice?
Or remain the cold statue I am,
Void of happiness and warmth.
About this poem
I used to fear letting myself get comfortable. I wanted to keep to myself. I would come off rude in hopes people would leave me alone. I was an ice sculpture.
Font size:
Written on February 24, 2023
Submitted by AnthonyVanNus on May 24, 2023
- 56 sec read
- 1 View
Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFCGHIJKLMJNJOPQARS |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 873 |
Words | 187 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Ice Sculpture" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/160019/ice-sculpture>.
Discuss the poem Ice Sculpture with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In