HEART OF SNOW
On a lake at the edge of wood
A young girl figure skates
Her eyes sparkle in a flood
Of endless figure eights
She stops to make an angel's wing
In freshly fallen snow
Will the dream live on past Spring
Her ambition overflows
Footprints fade
Into dotted lines
On a page that overflows
Yet the passage
Has nowhere to go
When love is written
In a heart of snow
A young boy watches
In the wings
With cheeks a winter rose
Beyond the curtain
Of willow strings
Love ventures to suppose
He draws a heart
Upon the snow
And puts her name inside
Skates once more
Into her eyes
But she just lets him slide
Above the falls
The boys have thrills
When skating on the lake
They rush to where
The water spills
And then slam on the brakes
There was a boy
A friend of mine
Skated as fast as he could
He tried to stop before the line
It didn't do him any good
© 1997 Stefan des Lauriers