Snow
         - Charlotte Crosmer

I sit by my window,
watching the wonderful snow falling softly, slowly,
as it veils the field in a blanket of white.
Once the snow has layered the ground,
my eyes follow the carefree children playing cheerfully
in the cloud of white that has settled upon the earth.
 
I sit by my window,
with my warm breath upon the cool glass
and my wrinkled hands pressed against the pane,
wishing I could do more than watch.
Every snowflake is different,
someone said to me long since when I was a child...
but now the long years have slowly slipped away,
and I can never go back.
 
What some people take for granted,
I wish for with my whole heart;
the voice of the cold wind calling my name,
brings stinging tears to my wistful eyes.
I sit by my window, watching, waiting, wishing...
         

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