April Snow
When snow came in April of her last year
Falling like lovely disappearing gifts
Glimpsing, faintly, an alabaster deer
She kept watch as shadows landed in drifts
Scattering ice across tender pink stems
Falling like lovely disappearing gifts
And gave thanks to the fitful gods for them
Knowing she would not see that November
Scattering ice across tender pink stems
He held away his grief's gray ember
As silence, travelled long without her songs
Knowing she would not see that November
Her grave faces the west, where she belongs
Now he views white skies with nostalgic eyes
As silence, travelled long without her songs
She called it a prophecy in disguise
When snow came in April of her last year
Now he views white skies with nostalgic eyes
Glimpsing, faintly, an alabaster deer
4/15/22
Original Terzanelle Contest
Sponsor: L Milton Hankins
Placed 3rd
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