“I would have to break the ice with a warm smile that would melt her heart.”
“But her heart was so cold that she could hold ice in her mouth and it would never melt.”
“I could have melted ice, my smile was so bright.”
“Whatever enjoyment I might have had at the time would disappear overnight like snow melting on a warm roof.”
“If your heart was hard, that would be better / You could only break it once or twice / After that it would be rid of blood and you could let it turn to ice.”
“This time her heart would not break, even though it would hurt and hurt for a long time to come. Perhaps for the rest of her life. But it would not break. She had the strength to go on alone.”