Fire and Ice

The burning without is no match for that within A frozen heart en-wrapped in ice from winters past Lessons taught by witches leave their mark in scars Left with no alternative to pain except to turn away To be without preferred over learning how to be with A lost knight yearning for freedom A tortured princess wishing for imprisonment He smiles with laughter She burns in coldness To defrost would be a hell within the heart Longing for the summer yet unwilling to leave the familiar winter pain Their love a shining hope despite the weather