from Words and Colors
It began with snow
There was snow
I was not snow
I was in the snow
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
The snow was silent
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
The snow was silent
It was I
And it was the snow
I was not white
I was not cold
I was not wet
It was I
And it was the snow
The snow was silent
And I was silent
I turned around
There was snow
The snow was white
The snow was immense
I looked up
It was the sky
The sky was blue
The sky was immense
It was I
And I stood in the snow
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
It was I
And I was the snow
I was not white
I was not cold
I was not wet
It was I
And I was the snow
The snow was silent
And I was silent
The snow was light
The sky was bright
And the light was immense
And I was not afraid
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
The snow was white
I was not white
I was pink
It was silent
The silence was not white
The silence was not cold
The silence was not wet
The silence was silence
The silence was absolute silence
The snow was silent
The snow was completely silent
I was silent
I was absolutely silent
It was I
And I was the snow
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
I was not snow
My hands were not snow
They were not white
They were not cold
They were not wet
I was silent
I had the word
I opened my mouth
I said the word
Snow
That was the word I said
Snow
That was the word I said
And that was the word
I said the word
I was not silent
I said the word
Snow
It did not snow
It was already snow
It was the word snow
And I believed in it
I said the word
Snow
I said the word
I had a voice
It was not silent
It was not white
It was not cold
It was not wet
The voice was a voice
I was not the voice
I had the voice
And I believed in it
The snow was still silent
I was not silent
I said the word
It was the opposite of silence
It was the sound
The sound was a sound
And the light was still bright
I wanted words
I opened my mouth
I said words
I was not silent
I said words
There were words
There was no snow
There was no sky
There were words
The snow was still white
The snow was not words
The snow was snow
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
The snow was silent
I was not silent
The words were not silent
The words were the opposite of silence
The words became sound
The sound became sound
And the snow was still silent
And the light was still bright
I turned around
It looked the same as before
There was snow
It was immense snow
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
I stood in the snow
I was not silent
The snow was still silent
The snow was absolutely silent
The snow was white
The snow was light
But the light was no longer as bright
The light was dull
I did not know if there was light
I did not know
I did not even think I knew
I knew that the snow was white
I knew that the snow was cold
I knew that the snow was wet
That it was light
But it was a different light
The light was dull
Maybe it was darkness
I did not want the darkness
I wanted light
I turned around
It looked the same as before
There was snow
There was immense snow
The snow was white
Cold
And wet
The snow was light
But it was a different light
The light was dull
I stood in the snow
I was not cold
I was not dull
I no longer knew if there was light
I said snow
I meant to say snow
There was snow
The snow was still white
But it was a dull white
I turned around
It looked the same as before
But it was a dull white
It looked the same as before
But it was a dull white
I turned around
It was a dull white
But I was not dull
I turned around
I was not dull
I turned around
It looked the same as before
I turned around
It probably looked the same as before
I turned around
I think it was dull white
I turned around
I was not dull
I turned around
I stood in the snow
I did not turn around
I stood in the snow
I did not turn
I was not dull
I was not white
I was not cold
I stood in the snow
The light was no longer as bright
The light was dull
The snow was still silent
But it was not the same silence
The snow was still white
But it was not the same white
The snow was still white
But it was not the same white
The snow was still light
But it was not the same light
And I was a little wet
The light was no longer as bright
The light was dull
The light was no longer as bright
The light was dull
The light was no longer as bright
The light became darkness
I saw that the light was darkness
I could still see my hands
I could still see my hands were pink
I could still see the snow
I could still see that the snow was white
I could still see that the snow was snow
I saw that I could still see
I saw that I was not snow
I was not white
I was pink
I was not cold
I was hot
Hot and a little wet
I was not snow
I was not the word snow
But I could say snow
I could open my mouth
I could say snow
And that was the word snow
And I believed in it
The light was no longer as bright
The light became darkness
I saw that the light was no longer bright
The light became darkness
The snow was no longer white
The snow was no longer light
The snow was darkness
The light was no longer bright
The light was darkness
And darkness was darkness
The darkness was so dark that it became black
I could no longer see if the snow was white
I could no longer see if the snow was snow
I could no longer see if my hands were hands
I could no longer see if my hands were pink
I turned around
There was no longer light
It was black
I stood in the snow
Rather, I stood in the darkness