first snow

enter slow

the half-lit hall

eternal glow

for want of all

that first snow brings

as hope unto the heart

as mortal things

we sing to make a start

the sky is near

half the roof is gone

but we are here

let's take the air in song

so far from earth

it's bliss where we have come

to bleed our mirth

in dream we are as one

and free to fully know

as one can ever do

the feel of our first snow

it's bathing me and you

as ever coming clean

two shadows beneath stars

we e'er transcend by means 

of loving all the scars

sun soon pulls away at night

lay still, the sky is near

half-gone roofs permit the light

to show us we're still here

you said that we must not forget

for feeling our first snow

no matter what these times beget

to always take things slow