the snow queen

in her dreams she saw the budding of spring flowers

and the slow return of living creatures to the world

her mind often wondered to thoughts of summer

with trees in full bloom and children chasing each other across the beach

in her art she tried to recreate fall

in a number of majestic warm hues of jubilation

but it was all in vain

she would never experience these moments for herself

for she was the snow queen

so what else could she bring to the world but cold, destructive beauty?