Softly fall the snowflakes
And hush upon intention
Great love for life
Is my talisman, my amulet, my force
Yet these tears __ drop by drop __ by drop
Release themselves
Bleeding as a wound
Upon the sedge and once upon a dream
We lay and spoke of Christmases
sleigh bells jingling and crystal euphoric
pandemonium
hunting down the perfect toy
children caroling, laughing,
while they build their snow dreams
dancing, joking but most of all __ the loving
Only …… echoooooooes in the hall
Frosted window panes
Deflect season’s snow
I know I must move on
yet linger in these caves of old
Drifting in perpetual motion and time
Grant me release my lingering melody
Have I not dragged this chain to its limit?
__ cruel mind __ cruel father time
Release me
So this maid may build anew
Feel winter’s perfect white fall on my lashes
Free the child to be a child she never knew
