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