The First Snow

Snowflakes falling on my nose

Thoughts fly from me there they go

They can come back another time

There’s a first for everything

Like when we first began to sing

The winter is giving us a kiss

The first snow

I see you

Lover snow

I feel you

Has it been about a year

Since you looked into the mirror

A mother of two looking at you

Seasons shift and children grow

Leaves that fall allow life to flow

There’s beauty at every turn

Mama snow

I see you

The first snow

I feel you

“Mama, snow!” Hugo and Juniper shouted. It was the first thickly flaked snowfall of winter, and the kids didn’t want me to miss it. We all watched for awhile, then I asked Brian to pull out his guitar to write a song about the first snow. He wrote one about me instead...and how our relationship with the first snow has changed during our time together. -M