For years I’d wish for naught but deep white snow
At which my family would scoff and chide
They would tease me, saying I did not know
The real terror that it could provide
Yet as we stood about the Christmas tree
I’d close my eyes and will that wish to life
Let the world be covered in frozen sea
In which I could play, and forget my strife
It happened this year that my wish came true
And as my family glared on, I did dance
I did not understand what snow could do
For I was caught within its blissful trance
But as white walls grew ’round us, power failed
I looked to my parents; both quite shocked
As the blizzard continued, mother paled
Within our tiny home, we were all locked
The downfall would not stop, our terror grew
My happy dream had become a nightmare
Food quickly dwindled, and faces were blue
No one could reach us, we were going nowhere
After two weeks, my baby brother died
We were all too hungry and cold to cry
My mother then set his body aside
In the pantry where it was nice and dry
When it came time to eat, I could not look
I knew they whispered that this was my doing
But we had no power with which to cook
Which helped us all concentrate on chewing
Should I make it alive, one thing I know
I will never again wish for the snow.