flakes of the sky's icy breath remind me of simpler times

times when we were free of care and worry and doubt

now that's changed and we need to move on

but I don't know if I'm strong enough to do that

I gaze out and see bright emotion of other lives

happily living and content with what they have

the cold seeps in and engulfs my heart

freezing my mind from the inside

I was once convinced life would never end

and now I'm waiting for the end to take me

the ground is layered with a freezing white glaze

and my heart is stuck in the past