it's snowing again
nirvana seems so far away
in my dreams
I wade through night
where I've been
dark depressive places
it's snowing again
it seems love and joy
have gone away
persistently edged out
confused by dharma's plight
insistently preyed upon
so I made a pledge
a paltry sum
speaking about
far-off stars
past a sultry moon
beyond warrior Mars
winter has appeared
binding ice and snow
is clearly here to stay
rapture has come and gone
it's snowing again
captured by frigid vanity
what's right and wrong
clarity in some snowdrift refrain
what about ice and sanity
can rigid lucidity
somehow still remain

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