NaPoWriMo - Day 12

 Day 12 - write a poem using at least one word/concept/idea from each of two specialty dictionaries: Lempriere’s Classical Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Dormancy Disturbed

Our resolve - remain steadfast
        for the duration
            however long

into the cold sleep
    of the dreamless we slip

deep and undamaged

oblivious to to world

hiding in what we thought
    was a protected secure harbour

encased and safe

Notus had other plans - with warm breath
even and relentless
he woke us 
    before our time

melting our icy mantle
    exposing us before we were ready

then that fickle wind
    altered course
        leaving us without shelter

we watched
as one by one
    companions succumbed

when Boreas surprised us
before we could retreat

leaving ossifed remains
                        of all we knew

-Lisa

*Notus, the south wind, called alfo Au-fter. / Boreas the north wind
*cold sleep n.a form of suspended animation in which the subjects are kept at very cold temperatures