• She cries out,
    In desperation.
    Wishing
    She had more time.
    Falls to the floor,
    Pale,
    White as snow.

    Stopped breathing,
    A heap by the door.
    Fading
    Her memories
    Gone.
    Still as snow.

    Daughter finds
    Mother on the floor.
    Hoping
    She wouldn't cry.
    Life
    Cold as snow.

    Gets out pen,
    Some notebook paper.
    Writing
    'Santa,' sadly.
    Child
    Pretty as snow.

    'I hope you
    Can get me just one
    Special
    Present. Where she's at,
    It's
    White as snow?

    'Make sure my
    Mommy is safe in
    Heaven.
    All I want for
    Christmas.
    Unpredictable as snow.'

    As the girl
    Grows into a young
    Woman,
    She thinks of her
    Mother,
    Innocent as snow.

    Why did she
    Have to go, she could
    Have stayed.
    Crying in the sleet.
    Oddly
    Sad like snow.

    Her wedding
    Day neared, dress silky
    And fine.
    Walking down the aisle
    -Thinking of her mom-
    Pure,
    -Picturing her mom, right there
    White as snow.