Oh wow. I'm no poet by any means, so I generally respect anyone who CAN. Although this is beautiful! Short, but really well written. I like the last paragraph the best. Great job, again! (:

x mandy

Methinks the title can have something with ice or bones... The visual this gave me was interesting.

You probably did not intend to give literal imagery in this poem, but the first thing that came into my mind was of a backbone made of ice; and I loved it. That being said, you've given a rather strong emotional impression to the reader while focusing on such a small piece of the speaker and I very much enjoyed that. Oh, and I think perhaps 'Ice Cube Vertebrae' could be the title as it's a small piece from the poem, but it somewhat encompasses the whole theme-even if the reader won't quite know how much until they read it. :]

Loqwell