It's the End of the World as We Know It

T'was the night before the end of the world.
Colsen and I sat at home with our brows all a furled.
Could this really be the end of all that we know?
We're all out of time? Where did it go?

Then on Colsen's face grew such a smile.
"C'mon dad, let's not mope. Let's just go wild!
There's snow on the ground, let's go out and play.
Let's make a snowman on our very last day."

So we threw on our coats and ran out to the yard.
We put it together. It wasn't that hard.
"Let's name him Bob and give him a hat made of magic.
He'll live for a night, hope that's not tragic."

Then Colsen said, "Let's make angels in the snow!
Get down on the ground dad. Come on get low."
We laid on the ground and flailed our arms all about.
Colsen started to laugh, then he started to shout.

"This is so fun. Thanks for doing it dad."
The laughs that came out made me feel glad.
I stared up at the stars way up in the sky.
When suddenly a snow ball hit me in the eye.

Colsen just laughed then started running away.
I wiped the snow from my face and yelled out, "Hey!"
I got up and chased him as quick as I could.
I reached out to grab him and caught his coat by the hood.

"It's cold out here, let's go in for a bit.
And make two cups of some hot chocolate."
We sat on the couch and warmed our hands with our mugs.
Then warmed each other with great big hugs.

"I had a great time, you're the best dad of all."
"Right back at you son, I had a ball."
We fell asleep right there, holding each other tight.
Merry end of the world to all, and to all a good night.