An Omen

She was born in the snow

Her empty eyes

Her stained teeth

She grew old in the snow

Her wrinkled bones

Her rasping smile

When I found her

I knew her

And her name froze my tongue

Blackened, bluened

It fell before her

And so did I

He was born in the snow

His empty eyes

His stained teeth

His hidden bones

His screaming smile

When the moon found them

She knew them

Skulls in the snow

And nowhere to go

How dark their pitted eyes be

Just goes to show

When you die in the snow

It is only the night that sees