Author's Note- Life is precious. Never take anything you have for granted. Live every moment as if it were your last. As you read this epilogue please take the time to remember Lynne L. Inouye …a beautiful gentle human being with a kind heart and wonderful soul who died unexpectedly in October this year. Lynne affected me and so many other writers on this site with her words of support and encouragement. Rest in peace dear friend and Merry Christmas to you all from Australia…yours … mcj
All I want for Christmas
"The Epilogue
A lowered head.
A trembling lip.
A tear brushed silently away.
What was last year no longer is.
And will never beagain.
"A Song for a Winter's Night" as adapted for Miracle on 34th Street (and sung by Sarah McLachlin)
Verse 1
The Lamp is burning low upon my table top
The snow is softly falling.
The air is still in the silence of my room.
I hear your voice softly calling.
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two.
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love.
On this winter's night with you.
Verse 2
The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again upon the lines upon each page
The words of love you sent me.
If I could only know within my heart
That you were lonely too.
I would be happy just to hold the hold the hands I love
On this Winter's night with you
Verse 3
The fire is dying
My lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are lifting
The morning light steals across my window pane
Where walls of snow are drifting
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this Winter's night with you
And to be once again with you.
xxxTHE END xxx