This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Xavier chapter.
Ice spreads throughout the veins.
It enters the mind and freezes any emotion.
Your body will tingle at first,
But it’ll be normal soon enough.
There will be days when something pushes you
Over each and every ledge of your mind.
Those days are when it hurts the most.
The ice will shut it down, making a rough landing patch.
Through all my years,
Nothing could end the numbing pain.
It could be briefly relieved,
But it doesn’t take long for it to return.
Ah, but your name stopped it in its tracks.
Seeing you,
Hearing you,
Thawed the ice;
Unfroze all my emotions.
Simply letting your name roll off my tongue
Sent heavenly warmth throughout my veins.