In the night
Was the dark
In the dark

Was the dream
In the dream
Was the Child

And myself
There unseen


In the book was the word
In the word there was truth
In the truth there was age

In the age there was youth

And I said to the Child

Do your hands they still bleed
After all of this time
Do you think there's still need

But the Child only smiled

And said not a word

And the snow it came down
As if it hadn't heard


And all that night the snow came down
To heal the scars our lives had found
And the dreams that lay broken


And there upon a bridge of dreams
Across the night we walked unseen

With no words ever spoken

And then on through that night

We did walk for a while
And our steps turned to blocks
And the blocks turned to miles


Then we followed a path
For as far as we could

Till we found ourselves there
In an evergreen woods


There were thousands of candles
Upon every tree
It was beautiful

But there was one mystery
For with all of those candles
You must understand

That the only one lit
Was now in that Child's hand


And there upon that Christmas scene
The candle wax of melted dreams
And the years they had taken


And as the snow did gently fall
He one by one relit them all

Till each dream was awakened

And there to that light

That young Child showed to me
All the things that he dreamt
All the things that might be

How for everything given
That something was gained
Strike one match in the dark

And all the world's not the same

And then I asked that Child

Why this night has a star
And he said, "So we'd know
That we could see that far"

And these candles are wed
To that distant star's light
And it all came to be

Upon that long winter's night
That long winter's night
That long winter's night
That long winter's night


And when I awoke, well the Child he was gone
But somewhere in my mind
I believe he lives on
And somewhere in my life
Between here and the end

On a long winter's night
I will dream him again

THEN SHE NOTICED ON SOME CHRISTMAS CARDS
A REDDISH PURPLE STAIN

WHERE SOMEONE HAD SPILLED SOME CHRISTMAS WINE
AND THERE IT HAD REMAINED

UNTIL THE HEAT FROM A RADIATOR
WHISTLING IN THE AIR

HAD CAUSED IT TO EVAPORATE
INTO AN ANGEL'S SHARE