Snow Moon

Words & Music by Christopher Kent

It’s the coldest night of February’s winter
I step outside and shiver in the snow
A bank of moonlit clouds is retreating to the east
While the full moon casts shadows on the ground below
In older days they called this light the snow moon
It’s a time of year we know what hope is worth
A thousand miles away a life is ending
As the moon begins to drift into the shadow of the Earth

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Snow moon, eclipsing in the night sky
Snow moon, on a night so cold and clear
Snow moon, drifting into darkness
We lose the ones we love
And all that we can do
Is trust that someday love will reappear

I know that you’ve been fighting a noble fight
You’ve run as far as time and love allow
I still can see your face and hear your laughter
As I think about the loneliness approaching now
The moon is being swallowed up in darkness
A dozen hearts are swallowed up in grief
Sometimes there seems to be no rhyme or reason
Sometimes it’s only faith that helps us hold to our belief

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This bitter winter night will bring us sorrow
The lives we lived today, forever changed tomorrow
But in my heart I know love is the strongest bond
There is no ending it cannot carry us beyond

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Copyright 2008 by Christopher Kent. All rights reserved.