this Winter Solstice
snow angels forever lost
where my Sun stands still
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just for a moment
can i stand still in your dreams
till you reach morning
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my December ends
and for what is yet to come
I begin anew
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did i do the best
with the year given to me
this clocks pendulum
rewinds that time in my mind
knowing we missed our season
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thoughts frozen in time
this challenge of being still
in all our moments
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possibilities
disappearing into dreams
an exquisite extreme
of these castles in my clouds
only the morning can steal
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In filed memories of Christmas past
are recollections of an unanswered wish
of lost opportunities of a missed kiss
under mistletoe held in silenced stillness
mirrored spheres of silver and gold
reflect a fire where stories were never told
of affirmations until we’re grey and old
and adorning the bridge in between
crimson ribbons on powdered evergreen
under shooting stars that will never be seen
and as my heart begs for its rewrites
snow is falling on these twinkling lights
time is calling on my silent nights
and you’re not here fills each Christmas past
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can your last first kiss
have my name written on it
can you stay in mine
if I color in your lines
and if I say I love you
it means forever this time
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if I remember my November
there was beauty in its moments
days wrapped in a borrowed sweater
in wandering thoughts of lost innocence
nights wrapped in a stolen blanket
inside drifting dreams to reminiscence
a bourbon held high in the air
for the happiest of birthdays spent
another held tightly in tears
for the saddest of losses went
and thankful for all in the end
a long slow goodbye to the month I call my own
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shadows of a heart
in its perfect denial subtle delusions
of lullabies I can’t forget
haunting me before i wake