Caro’s Writing Perspectives

Caro’s Writing Perspectives

The Awakening

An icy discovery

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Caro Henry
Oct 02, 2024
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Greenland that vast expanse,  
where the wind howls like
a mournful ghost, sees
Jane, the intrepid explorer,  
plunge into the icy jaws of a hidden cave,  
heart pounding with the thrill of the unknown,  
a pickaxe clutched tightly,  
the air thick with silence,  
broken only by the crunch of 
snow beneath her boots.

She ventures deeper,  
her headlamp beam flickering,  
casting shadows that dance like lost souls,  
each step pulling her into an ancient embrace;
the chill wrapping around her,  
a lover's grasp, cold to the bone.

And there, amid the glistening walls of ice,  
she finds it—a body entombed;
a man, perfectly preserved,  
clad in intact animal skins,  
frozen in a tableau of eternity;
hollow eyes gazing into the void,  
whispers of a forgotten era 
echoing in the stillness.

Who were you? she breathes,  
her voice a fragile thread,  
seeking connection in the silence,  
an urge to unravel the mystery,  
to thaw the secrets held within.

With determi…

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