I was thinking of Kai in Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale The Snow Queen; but maybe being frozen from the inside might not be such a bad thing. Might it not be very peaceful?
Winter's my Lover
Season of icefall
My heart is frozen over.
Snow courts and woos us all,
But winter's my lover.
White out inside me
There's nothing in the mirror;
See what you want to see
Winter's my lover.
You thought you'd mapped me
But tracks are going nowhere;
Strange and mysteriously
Winter's my lover.
No pain, no bloodstains
My wounds are covered over,
Ice crystals in my veins;
Winter's my lover.
Perfect the silence
Encasing me forever,
No movement there or thence;
Winter's my lover.
All things conspire
And you will not discover
The stillness I desire;
The touch of a frozen fire
That's turning me to quicksilver -
Winter's my lover.
