Footprints in the Snow

Notes played on the wind sounded like 'Taps.' A sad song without lyrics, expressing lament Sorrow pelted me like crashing white caps Beneath the fading light of the sun's descent darkness gathered in a leaden sky. In a whispered breath I said, "Goodbye." So many words we'd left unspoken when fear prevented us from speaking Somewhere along our journey we were broken, never discovering what it was we were seeking. Snow began falling again as I turned to go. There was one set of footprints in the snow. Behind me arose the baleful sounds of cawing. Soaring in the sky, a flock of squawking crows. Tears coursing from my eyes as if I were thawing The wintry world held me in its throes. On I walked, pathway lighted by the moon, listening to the notes of 'Taps,' a haunting tune.