The lonely snowflake falls,
borne aloft by the wind,
tossed and buffeted every moment
by unfriendly currents.
But its journey continues
its destiny set
to wander and float
and melt away on the earth.
And how often it strives
to change the course
never succeeding, always destined
as if actions were meaningless.
No others are with it
but it wants companions
it finds few, they drift away
and yet the snowflake falls.

Originally written February 15, 1993