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Life Cycle of a Snowman
I woke up in the morning,
With the world so bright and new,
Then I looked down and saw I was a snowman,
It’s sad, but it’s true
They say there was a snowman,
Who lived to see the sun,
But he never returned to his kin,
I’m guessing it wasn’t much fun-
My coat is made of white packed firm,
my scarf is green and red
Yet I shy away from the light,
And wipe the sweat off my head
Now the sun is glistening bright,
on the land I hold so dear,
and I can’t enjoy the sunrise,
My end is much too near
Drops of water slide down my back,
Leaving spheres upon the snow,
But as I try to keep from crying,
I hear a voice, deep and low,
Smooth and soft is the voice I hear,
Kind and nothing less,
As the sun’s melody lures me in,
As I become a dripping mess
Sighing, melting, listening,
To the Great Sun in the sky,
And I give myself up to the water,
I don't know how or why
A pool of water in the earth,
is, alas, all I am,
And the last of me to drop
is my long, sharp stick hand
But wait! I am moving,
Rising up, over the white,
In that place between land and sky-
and heading for the light
From my cloud I watch the children
Playing in the snow; on a sandy shore,
So I settle into the condensation,
To wait for snow to fall once more.

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