white snow fell
it should have been veils on my shoulders
a snow so white —
it is scraping windows and shredding stars
erasing streets and stairs
i never knew how far we’d walked
a snow so white …
it should have been veils falling on my shoulders
it should have been forever
now only venice is in veils
no.
this is snow, this is snow
and this snow is so white, it is red
and the red cardinal is here
and it’s red enough for ink
snowdrops get here before me
maybe spring really is near
how can life forget?
i am holding a pulse
pumping imprints, shaping skins
and there are loves
greater than all other loves and forevers
i’ll know them only when i am a mother
