Winter’s Empirical Test

• Jonathan Holland, Grade 12, Bowen State High School
• Poetry
• 2014

Excellence Award in the 'The Text Generation 2014' competition

FROZEN IN WINGS OF WINTER
OF ANGELS WHISPERING
A FORGOTTEN LYRICAL, A HYMN OF LAND BEYOND THE SUN
AN EMPIRE OF FOREVER NIGHT
MAJESTIC IN SORROWFUL BEAUTY
BRACED BY WINTER, HERE WALKS THE MOST HAUNTING OF BROTHERS
AND MOST BEAUTIFUL SISTERS
ALL WITH TIES TO THE RISING AND FALLING OF THE MORNINGSTAR
ALL FALLING TO THE FROSTED ETHEREAL BITE, OF THEIR
SWORDS AND SHIELDS, TO PAINT THE HANGING CRESCENT,
A PALE SHADE, TO WATCH THE STORM OF HATE AND WAR,
THAT SWEEPS THE LAND AS A SYMBOL OF DEATH AND DARKNESS
THE RIDING HORSEMEN, OVER FIELDS OF SALT, FROM THEIR DEADLY GATE
ENCASED IN AN IRON PENTAGRAM
TO TEST YOUR INNERMOST STRENGTH AND EVERLASTING SOLITUDE

Jonathan Holland, 17 Years Old, Grade 12
1/55 Murroona St, Bowen Queensland
Bowen State High School