so close to home

as we walked into the woods,

deepening

with darkness

the snow fell faster 

and hard.

the whitened world was

at a slant

in this blizzard.

the quiet of cold sinking

into our bones.

would we die together

out here,

hand in hand

as our boots sank

deeper into the snow.

is this how life would end,

together,

our love just beginning,

so close to home.