And the Snow Fell

And the snow fell in a flurry, White powder from a compact sky Dusted down the avenues Where I was seen to hurry With a world in winter passing by. And the snow fell, crackled freezing On eyelashes with a kiss of ice, White-out on the cobblestones, The wind was shrill and breezing Sweet and sharp as sugared mice. And the snow fell with a whisper, Mounting drifts upon the road and wall, Strangling the narrow paths, My footfalls sounding crisper In their haste to navigate it all. And the snow fell with a violence As I breached the empty meeting place, Spectral footprints filling up And all was boundless silence You were gone without a trace.