I only looked away for a moment.
I swear, I only looked away for a moment.
But that was all the time needed for
everything to start changing without me.

I only looked away for a moment,
but the next thing I knew,
the sun had disappeared, turning
the sky into paper and taking
all warmth with it.

I only looked away for a moment,
but when I looked again,
the wind was whistling as it
made the first falling snowflakes dance as
they floated slowly down to earth.

I only looked away for a moment,
but when I turned back,
everything was covered underneath
the soft white snow,
all edges smoothed out,
all colour obscured.

I only looked away for a moment,
but in that moment,
you had suddenly gone,
and no matter how far or deep I searched,
you were nowhere to be found.

I only looked away for a moment,
I swear, I only looked away for a moment.
But in the end, that was all the time that
was needed for everything
to fall apart,
wasn't it?

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*sigh* of course I manage to turn a prompt like 'First Snow' into an angst-fest. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this!