This is how the day unfolds
our meadow blanketed in snow
the two of together and alone
Second day of silence holds
Outside our window, wild winds blow
This is how the day unfolds
Words freeze in this bitter cold
The one I know is no longer known
the two of us together and alone
Pages of books become his foxhole
drowned in some scholarly undertow
This is how the day unfolds
Immobilized by all that we withhold
mute players in this weary scenario
the two of us together and alone
until he reaches for my hand to hold.
We rest for a moment in this new tableau
This is how the day unfolds
two of us together, not quite alone
