PANIC

I’m approaching panic mode
Hurry I can’t wait
Let’s go down to the river
It’s frozen, we can skate. 

Miles and miles, the tundra
The frozen land of waste
I am feeling desperate
We’ve got to leave this place. 

The buckling, the snow drifts
We do our best to muddle through
The sky above so dark and grey
We have to push on thru. 

The wolves and the coyotes 
Bear witness… we were there
Curious they followed us
From the banks above…. they stared.

Can’t feel my feet, they’re frozen
My eyelids closing shut
My fingers are frostbitten
Someone please, won’t you save us?

We skated down the river
For hours …. who knows where
Before search and rescue
Found us lying there. 

The helicopter hovered
Dropped a rope from up above
They put us in a cradle
I could hear a pair of doves.

In my thoughts, outside the window
On the clothesline there below
Sat two enchanted love birds 
Gently swaying to and fro.

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