No. There will be winter. I will not feel the cold.
No. I will feel the cold. It will not be unpleasant.
I will know it. I will even feel it. But it will not make me shiver.
No. I will shiver. But it will be from pleasure, not to keep my core temperature from dropping.
Today, even with the heat on as high as I dare turn it (what with trying to save money and all) I can feel the outside air drawing the heat from by body, demanding the warmth of my blood as a sacrifice. Winter is a primitive warrior, using ice cycles for arrows.
No. He is the archbishop of the other hell. The one that does in fact freeze over.
Someday, I will walk its banks and feel the cold and marvel in its beauty and it will not phase me. Not at all.
Was it Milton who had the image of Satan as a demon struggling encased in ice? I am among those who believe Hell is frozen rather than fiery.
ReplyDeletePS my word verification was "arctic"