Red Snow

It had just begun to snow So we went outside to play Who knew the winter of '99 Would scar us that day He was a boy of thirteen Much older than I But he agreed to toss snowballs Under the gray sky Red would soon be  The color of the snow But little did  Either of us know I ran from him And hid behind a car I tried to gather more snowballs But I didn't get far There was a screech A thud and a scream Peeking out from my hiding place I prayed it was just a dream But there was my cousin Pinned between a car and a fence  The air around me changed And became very dense At that moment, my parents arrived home  To see their nephew still on the lawn My father cried, he was like a son While my mother became very withdrawn  I had seen everything They told me to go The last image I have  Is of him on red snow