Whiter Than Snow~ Lea Sadler

Icy breaths of chilly demons lining up

taking turns assaulting with deceit.

Her glassy eyes see exactly that they throw

her own failures and pathetic conceit.

They show no mercy, they don't give up

surrounding, laughing, prodding

taunting her with past regrets, past mistakes

twisting her thoughts from worth to accusing.

Footprints imprinted in the frozen ground

to show her where she's heading

where she's been, where she's drowned

in disgusting, sinful lies of her own doing.

Icycles hang ready to strike

pure into her poor, oppressed heart

Glacial knives just waiting war-like

to rip her misled, worn-down life apart.

But soon a soft, light rain of ice will pass through

and she will find beauty in her midst

the beauty of love, and peace, and truth

and most of all a second chance

A second chance, a new start to be clean

another opportunity to be all she's dared to hope

to fight her demons, to toss them out of scene

to grasp a branch to be saved from the slippery slope.

A small light will break through the clouds

and the blaze of sun will blind her enemies

she will call on the one she has found

to be the only one to offer eternal peace.

She has only to hang on and be patient

for her old life is ready to go

her second chance is now on its way

and she will become whiter than snow.

Did you know that Lea is fasinated by cryptozoology?!

Did you know that Sarah changes the color of her nail weekly?!

Photograph property of Lilies Among Thorns Magazine. Photograph taken by Sarah Ford.