Long lay the winter that slept in me like a child,

With sheets of snow and ice buried in a secluded forest,

And there the air fell heavy on my heart with the weight of death,

And yet life lived on like some forgotten secet in a song,

And the echo of the night came through in silent flight,

And left me deft to worlds around!

And the sun never showed it's mercy on me,

Until a light from your soul cast in me an awakening,

That floated gently through the dawn,

And the sunrise arose in me with such a heat,

That it pierced my soul,

And brought instant tears,

That fell on a fresh green grass which I suddenly knew,

And I reached out a trembling hand, and touched the morning dew,

I heard your heart beating In perfect rhyme with my own,

and it reminded me of a thing called love,

Which I could now recall like an old friend,

Who once held my hand As I went quietly into the night,

And I was deft no more!

And the Summer breezes blow through me now in these days of holy,

And your smile lights a path,

so I can follow wherever you go,

And nothing can keep me from you now,

Not even the driven snow!