All that I am

All that I've known

Has dissapeared

Forever, I fear

The dog I love is

miles away in Nome

I should have stayed with him

and called that town my home

My brothers and father are dead

their final moments fill me with dread.

I couldn't save Buck,

I couldn't save Aleu

I wasn't strong enough, who knew?

My mother is distraught

Amak is naught

compared to the demon Niju.

A new life has been made

I wish I could have stayed

To comfort Aleu and her pup

Lying here in the snow

as the cold wind blows

All I can do is pray

that it won't end this way

and with a little luck,

Aniu will bring back Buck