It was Winter when she left him The North wind howled out on the plain This was never what it should be And Spring may never come again She took a Greyhound bus back East The West just never fit her style He loved her still, he had no doubt, But loneliness had killed her smile She missed the noise of the city A lullaby for her to sleep In the country lies the silence A bargain made she couldn't keep It was Winter when she left him And he had never loved since then Forty years have come and gone now And Springtime never came again 5/25/2017