Justin - Family Terzanelle

February Snow, for Golden Smith Jr.

If his last hug contained a way to know,
That we would never meet on Earth again,
Departing in the February Snow.
 
If I had known what I know now then,
Would it have changed a thing about the day?
(That we would never meet on Earth again.)
 
Would we have found more poignant things to say,
Unraveling secrets hidden deep within?
Would it have changed a thing about the day?
 
If I’d known to ask, where to begin?
What could I have learned given a week,
Unraveling secrets hidden deep within?
 
This mythic giant though would seldom speak,
Yet always say “I love you” and “Goodbye.”
What could I have learned given a week?
 
Could I have seen by looking in his eye?
Did his last hug contain a way to know?
Yet still I’d say “I love you” and “Goodbye,”
Departing in the February Snow.