Isolation

I sought a place the ice would melt,

But before I could I fell right through.

I struggled to hold on to any floe,

If only to leap from one to another,

But all the floes slipped from under me,

And broke whenever I tried to stand,

None would try to bear my weight

Now I had once been in the water.

I have to bite through the cold;

And be very careful with the ice.

The more I flounder in the water,

The more the ice breaks around me.