Forgotten Snow Poem by Barry Middleton

I almost forgot the snow
in the jumble of memory

there was cold whiteness
there were children playing

I remember the snow spoke
it called to sledding lovers

and there was laughter
on the hill by the school

black trees were blacker
the cold was a pale secret

as if the world was pure
the crazy war was far away

I almost forgot the snow
and gentle times so long ago

love was a soft snowflake
a closeness in frosty breath