'I am the Winter Flower' <br />she said <br />'the opposite of the Summer Ones.' <br /> <br />'My blooms <br />peak in deep snow <br />and I weather <br />hail, sleet and bitter cold. <br /> <br />My Summer Kin <br />know the Sun. <br /> <br />I live beneath <br />White Winter's Glow <br />withstanding <br />blizzard wind <br />as furies blow. <br /> <br />I produce <br />anti-cold; <br />survive <br />winter's <br />frozen mold. <br /> <br />My petals <br />are steel-forged <br />for winter has made <br />me strong. <br /> <br />My bulb forces it's way <br />up through frozen ground <br />and defiant <br />I face worst Winter's onslaughts. <br /> <br />My petals <br />fold, unfold <br />peak, <br />and stare Winter down. <br /> <br />I am the Winter Flower <br />beautiful in my Ice Tower. <br /> <br />I too, <br />have my Ice Prince <br />who plants upon me <br />an Icicle Kiss <br />beneath diamond shining <br />beautiful, <br />frosty <br />Wintry Stars.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-icicle-kiss/
