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I open my eyes once again

The falling snow has returned

Exhaling, cold breath in the air

Winter has again befallen us

The trees weep and hang their limbs

Branches heavy 'neath the snow

Sheets of ice cover the land

The night has fallen

I walk through this graveyard of trees

Devoid of life

There is only falling snow

Decrepit faces

Smiling through the frozen cracks

Devoid of life

When will there be more than snow

Footprints in the falling snow

Of those who left me long ago

Where have I been after all this time

A vagabond under the deliquescent moon

I have seen only the fading footprints

Covered by the constant falling snow

Snow blinding and twisting my sight

Showing me what I have lost

And I saw my steadfast fading elation

I have nowhere to go

Slipping through the cracks

All that I desire

When will I return

My skin is pale

My eyes set on the horizon

Drifting.. slowly through the snow

My heart is cold

Going where I do not know

We have a long way to go..