The ice cube sits

by lightsstillon · 28/12/2025
Published 28/12/2025 12:31

The ice cube sits,

a small glass mountain shrinking,

its edges rounding soft like bad memories.


Beads of water slip down

and stain the laminate, a silent ring

where cool used to live.


The fridge hums louder in the heatwave,

a slow heat creeping through the room,

stealing what was solid, clean, and bright.


The cube dissolves without a sound,

just quiet wetness pooling, vanishing

into an afternoon too hot to hold still.

#heatwave #impermanence #memory #quiet melancholy #transience

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