Isa

Forged by
The frigid abyss of space
My frozen carapace
Wraps planets pole to pole

Underneath
The shroud of my albedo
My prodigious claw rakes the land
And incubates the seas

I sow the land
With earthborn treasures
Green of the vales
Awe of the mountains

Isa
Fallen from the skies
Splendour of all form
The power that drives me

Isa
I sink and crystallize
Bearing gifts for those
Who survive me

Death's
White shadow

I smother
Volcanoes
Into prisms
Into cathedrals

Those summits
And pastures
So revered
They all are my children

I shear the crust expelled by fire
Create life's playgrounds
Leaving greatness in my wake
Would-be eternal rock
Is no match for space-clad water
As all the worlds
Will succumb
To the cold

Isa
Fallen from the skies
Splendour of all form
The power that drives me

Isa
I sink and crystallize
Bearing gifts for those
Who survive me
And my caress