Still, Disappearing

So still, disappearing in
A glistening field of snow
You’re no longer tormented
It just settles on your skin and rests

A slow drawn breath
Fogging up the cold air
There’s so much beauty in your suffering

So still, disappearing in
A glistening field of white
As I watch from my window
See it settle on your skin and rest

A slow drawn breath
Fogging up the cold air
All this beauty in your suffering
Softening the coming end
There’s so much beauty in your suffering

What passes in a glance
Is more than you can grasp
Whatever passes in a glance
Is only the shadow of thеse strange times
Thеse strange times

Who saved the arsonist
From their own fire
Who brought the cold
Back to your heart
Who heeded the call
Of a veiled desire
Who brought the calm
Back to your heart

Everything undoes itself in the end
Unfolds over time then crumples up again
You hold time in your hands
But find an empty palm instead
An empty palm begging for anything
To come your way

I see
How it seizes you
How it holds you
How it carries you off
I see
How it seizes you
How it holds you
How it carries you off
What passes in a glance
Is more than you can grasp
Whatever passes in a glance
Is only the shadow of these strange times
These strange times

And when the day breaks you are gone
Only an imprint in the murky snow
The city wakes at the crack of the dawn
Sweeps the streets clear together with the thaw

There’s nothing to do
I won’t be coming back