The ice
It simply is
One step, then another, across the rocky white.
The wind does not care
It howls
Your body knows the way back.
The blizzard comes.
You do not fight it, a stone of resolve.
When it passes, move faster.
There is no one to witness your courage.
The ice keeps no record.
Alone.
The path is yours, and you are walking it.
Gentoo Penguin photographed on expedition to Antarctica in January, 2020. Ice cave photographed in Iceland, 2019.