as the snow flies around me

i wonder why

this cold winter day brings back memories

maybe it was the hot chocolate

or the holiday cheer

or maybe

just maybe

it was the snow

the snow

laying on the ground

melting into the earth

was there when i was small

and making snowmen

and i was laughing

it was there

when i was throwing snowballs

at my friends

and we were laughing

it was there

when it was christmas

and my family

was laughing

but it was there

when we buried my dog

in the hard frozen earth

and I was crying

it was there

when my grandfather died

and I was crying

it was there

when my brother went off to college

and I was alone

and I was crying

and I wonder why

the days and years fly

and the people die

and why I dream

of snow