---===* Solitude *===---

I am a fortress.

I wait.

Crystals of cold tears

Await the love of rebirth

In the warmth of spring.

The world is cold, alone.

The wind numbs.

Spires of frozen rain

Wait for winter's final release

In the warmth of spring.

Someday it will be spring.

The wind a chinook.

Cold shall never stay.

When ice turns to silken hair.

In the warmth of spring.

I am a fortress.

I know.

Rock shall ever wait

For the caress of sunlight.

In the warmth of spring.

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