This time of year we celebrate the return of the light

The longest night just passed

I wonder how you’ve been in your part of the world

In those dark places where rays of light can’t reach

where the darkest night light up 

by falling bombs from the sky

and despair is your only friend left

You didn’t ask for any of this

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Each morning when I wake up I light a candle 

for you and your brother and sister 

on the other side of the fence

nobody asked for

The return of the light

this longest night forever gone

You didn’t ask for any of this

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A candle to compensate the darkest darkness 

somewhere else in the world

to send hope your way

so you’ve got a new friend

like a little brother or sister

who picks you up when you’re scared

and whispers in your ear

words of a lost world

from a time animals could still speak

and protected you from harm

while you flew away on their backs

to a faraway land with trees so tall

where villains always wore black

black as the sun is right now

☆

In the longest night of the year

the deer’s back is still here

to take you away from the pain and cold

she whispers words we cannot hear

a language you both understand

it’s the language of those without a voice

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If humans can’t speak the language of love anymore,

the animals will 

In the darkness of night

there’s a light shining for you, child

somehow it will reach you

beyond your deepest dreams

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Blood can’t stick to hands 

that only demand peace in your part of the world

and wish for you to hear the songs of birds again

in your dark part of the world

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My child, these december days may never been so stark

but those who are willing will always carry you 

through the darkness and beyond

just so you can hear the birds sing to you 

when you wake up 

from these nights so cold

from this bad dream you’re in

When the light returns.

~

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