In the throes of deadly pain,

You emerge fragile and strong.

An inner knowing

Moves you

Beyond infantile desires.

The shifting ground of being more,

Teeters on ice shelves breaking

Apart, in the polar reaches

Of unexplored frames

Of your frozen mind.

A greater power offers

sustenance to hidden desires

Until a primal ache jolts you,

Into the freezing cold waters

Of the deep blue.

Breathe and observe the sensations

Tormenting thaw,

Arising and passing away.

Of boundless living in freedom

Surfacing in the struggle of melting,

Into the deep blue rhythms

Of internal fortitude.