once, long ago, she remembers the young one she once was but no longer exists that innocence and no longer will she endure it a crack, a crevice, a splinter; and like the falling snow, the shards of glass rained down striking bitter cold into the hearts of the once-beauty-seers and above it all, she revelled. {very good snow queen retelling: snow queen by km shea. aptly named. two book series and very much diverges from the original; as does the popular movie frozen, the better known and visual transcription of the fairytale.} {see also: breadcrumbs by anne ursu} {poetry and art by the dowager}
