Lara, did you see me diving from the train
I saw you from the window, eyes awash with rain
Lara, did you hear me calling out your name
I ran to catch you, but my attempt was in vain
Through the fighting and destruction
With wind and snow freezing all the men
I remembered how your body warmed me
Your eyes bottomless and your heart open
Through the years I never had a chance to sleep
Always an arm to stitch or a leg to try and keep
Digging through the blood and young men crying
The smell of fear and death, failing, trying
From a mansion of ice and snow you rode away
My streaked, frozen tears said all I had to say
Years here and gone, my heart drawn paper thin
You still dwell next to its bloodless beating within
I died there in the street thinking you were so near
My chest burst in agony as though pierced by a spear
I search for you forever from here to the beyond
Few ever find the joy that once we had found
Somewhere, I’ll meet you once again
A place and time with no winter pain
And the child I didn’t know we shared
Smiles while balalaika notes trill in the air
Lara, did you see me diving from the train
I saw you from the window, eyes awash with rain
Lara, did you hear me calling out your name
I ran to catch you, but my attempt was in vain
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