THE LAST ICE

A drop upon my crown? How rude. Don't look down. Your Majesty, you're melting. Then catch it before it hits the ground! I found a map beneath the snow, a tower where the cold winds blow. My throne has stood long years. Then let me carry what you fear. I gave one shard of blue. My dog came running too. He stole my glove! What cheek! What nerve! He knows each twisting curve. The mountain shakes under me. The tower holds our history. And if its pages offer none? We still can learn what must be done. Save the last ice! Run where the white winds fly! One little shard, one stubborn heart— We'll race the rising sky! Save the last ice! I'll keep your blue alive! You don't have to save the world alone. Then stay with me tonight! Wait, boy! The bridge is thin! Hold fast! Don't let the darkness in! The bridge fell out beneath my feet. My dog pulled hard and dragged me free. I heard my little crystal split. I caught the light inside of it. I wrapped the shard inside of it. I wrapped the shard inside my coat, gave up the only warmth I'd brought. Your hands are blue! Go home! Go now! Not till I learn the why and how. The tower held no winter spell. Just maps of rivers, wells and melt. And warnings left unread. So this is what the silence said. Save the last ice! I cannot hold the sky! The rivers carry every drop; the mountain's running dry. Save the last ice! But who will shelter you? You don't have to save the world alone. Then let me fight for you. There's no one switch to turn back time. No magic frost, no royal sign. But every reading tells us why. Then let the truth go far and wide. My coat won't save a mountain face. It bought my shard a little space. I'll send these records down below. I'll lend my voice so people know. I feared the day my kingdom fell. Now I fear losing you as well. O winter, hear my one prayer. Let him live to see the dawn— and spring! If I break, let truth stay. Let the world not turn away. Save the last ice! You don't have to save the world alone. One little heart can't stop the sun; a million hearts can change tomorrow. Save the last ice! I'll carry what the records show. Don't promise me forever. Promise me you'll try. I sent the truth from town to town. A thousand lights shone down. The ice is here. Work has begun. Let tomorrow hear us try.