Awakened by nightmares that she was only a dream 
Another day's mourning is what awaits me 
Recollections overthrow my peace 
Isolated within this agony 
As she died in my embrace 
My tears kissed her lips 
Surrendered to eternity in my arms 
And my tears they fall still 
Touching her hand, I watch her eyes in expectation 
Wondering if she will open them to me 
This is a world her eyes no longer can envision 
Nevermore will she open them to see 
The heartache of time moving ever onward 
Unrelenting clock governs passing days 
But as seasons keep changing, my sight grows clear 
As each day passes, she grows ever near 
The moon now hangs longer in the sky 
As frozen nights caress the earth below 
A lover and friend that I have lost 
Lies buried deep beneath the snow 
12 months have passed through the hourglass 
While the sands of sorrow wept 
Though her body was stifled in a silent tomb 
Afterlife is never truly death 
On the eve to the day she left 
She now returns to me 
Her portrait smiles from beside our bed 
As her soul has been released 
Enframed visage wears the knowing face of wisdom 
As she conveys to me the secret truths of death 
Lurid beauty; my beloved angel beckons 
Whispering with tenderness