1 February 2013
As the snow melted, I wept in awe
Of what had been and all I saw;
When years ago, you passed away
On such a snowy winter's day,
I found your form coated with frost,
And the footprints of my lover, lost,
Your body hidden under weight of snow,
I was overwrought with guilt that you did go,
Though blizzard lashed and night soon fell,
You fought through winters freezing hell,
To reach out for help, to rise for hope,
To climb the insurmountable slopes,
With crampons none, no climbing gear,
Pushed on you did, through cold and fear
Until you vanished, out of sight,
Into the dark and cold and night.
Then as morning sun did thaw the land,
I searched for you, for guiding hand,
And found your body, lain in the white;
You did not make it through the night.
I screamed in silence, cried bitter tears,
For love and loss and pain and fears,
Even now icicles do pierce me through
When it snows, I always think of you.
When It Snows I Always Think Of You • Opuss № I