Ice person

Ellinor Hill
2 min readMay 28, 2022

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Photo by Yaroslav Shuraev from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-in-white-fur-coat-standing-on-snow-covered-ground-7042405/

The tender side, the sweet side of an ice person is usually seen only by those who deserve it. An ice person is cold, he is serious, he is hard … If someone is able to stay next to the ice even knowing that he will freeze, even knowing that he will be hurt, even knowing that he would not come out well off of it. If someone stays next to the ice and supports the cold, supports the harshness, that someone deserves to see what is behind the ice. The ice is transparent and you just have to pass your hand and remove that tarnished layer and you can see what is behind it. What is behind it may be the opposite. It may be, some cherry blossoms that fell and are almost covered by snow. It may be, a daisy that resists the cold of the snow as it can. It may be, a stream that is flowing dragging frost with it, carrying life with it. It may be the entrance to a cave that looks dark, or that seems to be from the outside, as it may be a tunnel that leads to a warm paradise. Can be anything. But running your hand over the ice to find out will leave it cold, damaged, and even burned. It can be painful and it is not something that many people think of doing, because we are such beasts that the first thing we think about is breaking the ice, instead of making it melt. Breaking the ice will cause serious injuries but not only for the one who breaks it, but also for the ice being. Things and people need their time, they need affection, warmth, security … after all, they are people, even if they are made of ice.

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