A single chime rings out In a world of frozen silence Crackling ice, splitting in every direction under you Thinner than the lines on your hand Splitting ice into layers of crevasse That vibrate through you
You plunge down into stillness, absolute stillness Ice is the core, you now know
And then, a chime A colossal world of frozen stalagmites They rise around you, towering, sprouting up from frosty terrain You see blues swirling under your feet and fall again You fly through archways of ice
Another chime, and you’re on a mountain, chiseling away, thousands of feet above ground Above you, the deep blue ceiling cracks with echoing snaps A sky full of winter nebulae Thick blue and green mist coils into stars Their edges encrusted with thousands of tiny icicles emitting cosmic frost You fall for an eternity, staring up
Then, a chime Your feet plant on the snowy ground Infinite leaves caked in white stretch out before you The wind whips at your face And its sound is more silent than silence It hits you again and again You are home.