Snow Prayer by David Ello

I tried to keep the snow,
Clutching hard to keep it here.
I said that it was mine,
and now I stare at water.

I tried to keep the snow...
Waiting now for more to land.
In snowless places I will stand
and pray for it to come.

O Come, Come,
Snowflakes come again!
Dust us with your cold caress,
careening on the wind.
Sprinkle us with sugar's kiss,
Enfold with chilly arms.
Release us with a child's bliss,
to see you come again.

Come, come, O Giver of the Snow.
The ice will melt, but you, My God,
Will not be made to go.
Come, come, O Bringer of the Spring!
Delight with white this winter world
so child and snowman sing.