Snowflake Dream

I will fall snowflake-like into the palm of your hand 

And you will shield me from the rough and tumble world 

I will cling to the crystal magic of life, wrapped in a snowflake… 

You and I both know that the clowns have already finished their performance…

But I would gladly join the lovely circus with the dazzling stage lights 

And face the crowd while catching the soft echo of the falling snow… 

It will fall and cover our shadows… yours and mine

We will stand together on the faded stage with the shadowy footlights… 

There will be no one except the two of us on the lonely stage 

As we stand ready for the final performance 

Enveloped in the lightning-like crystals of the newly fallen snow

After a while we will bow awkwardly and prepare to make our exit…

You will exit first, carrying my aging troubles 

On your golden wings in the space between the shoulder blades 

I will cast my final glance at the audience and drop my faded mask 

From yesterday’s masquerade

Then I will bow again and send my last wishes to the audience…

May the sun rise every morning in your shining eyes 

May your foam-like happiness envelop you in the rosy splendor 

Of cherry blossoms…

May the bold spring wind waft the fragrance of wildflowers through your windows

And may the crystal fragments of beauty we have gathered 

Unfurl through the time-warped kaleidoscope in your eyes 

Together we will gather many more crystal fragments as we prepare to leave the stage 

I will try to hold the echo of the last song I heard you sing  

Then I will gently weave my warmest and happiest memories into its softest notes

You will smile as you always do and tell me that it is not time yet for the curtain to close

Maybe not and, I agree, because I want to stand in the stage lights for just a minute more

I want to inhale your fragrant rose-blown happiness before we have to leave… 

But the clown in me still wants to perform and I haven’t gathered as many 

Fragments of beauty as I wanted to store in the fragile kaleidoscope of my days 

You agree and stand looking at me with a lovely hourglass in your hands 

You assure me that life is full of the most remarkable surprises 

I just have to know how long I should hold my breath

Then in glowing ecstasy I will watch how the fairy dust settles on my shining dreams 

Afterwards I will open my eyes and finally see the golden sunlight 

That was so happily trapped inside the tender chrysalis of a newborn soul… 

I want to hold your sun in my hands and give you mine 

I want to listen to the sounds of silver laughter everywhere

Because, like you, I don’t believe in loneliness… 

So let’s spread the fairy dust of laughter all over the world…  

For the last few moments, I linger on the stage and then follow you to the wings

As we walk away, I tell you that I want to return to the lovely circus for many years to come

My final moments on the stage were simply magical 

My bow was awkward and I kept looking at you in my confusion 

Not at the audience…

You see, I felt that my colorful clown’s mask could fall off at any moment

It doesn’t matter now… I like looking awkward sometimes…   

But I felt that my smile was shining and that you were enjoying our final curtain call

Yes, I tried to send all my warmest love to everyone looking at us 

 I tried to give them my beautiful happiness that was just freshly powdered in snowflake magic

I want to give you my golden dream glistening in its cotton wrapping 

And watch your eyes glow as you take it in your slender warm hands

Just hold my dream, take care of it, and let it sparkle in the last moments of the sunset

I will let my mask fall at this point, because the performance is now finally over

My final bow no longer seems awkward to me because, you see, I am no longer 

… Self-conscious about it… 

Yes… let the curtain fall… 

You and I are finally done and we have nothing to regret 

We have created our own little paradise and who can blame us for trying? 

Even if my cotton-wrapped dream falls on your footprint 

I know that I am no longer building unstable castles in the sand 

Because I have trapped my fragile happiness in between your wings

And I know for certain that you will take care of it… 

So, yes, let the curtain fall and let your sun-filled smile 

Bless my new chapter and beautiful act in my life’s masquerade…