"Christmas Tears"
My Grandfather Was Sad On Christmas Day
I Asked Him Why he had been crying
He Said He'd Gotten No Gifts That Year
He Looked Like He had a broken heart
I Smiled and said without sadness
That I Hadn't Gotten Any Gifts Either
The Tears Shed On Christmas are Pure and Sweet
And They Fall Easily For Those Accustomed To Weep
There Is So Much To Want To Have It Makes Me Cry
The Tears Fall Hard and fast
Like newfallen snow, shallow and easy are Christmas tears
You Cry Haphazard while muttering to yourself
I hold you securely in my arms
If there were enough of everything there would be no want
no want for love no want for care
but we were rich this Christmas Day
and being alone was as sweet as any other way
I found myself in the easy down chair
If I didn't love you I would not be alive
But as it is I'll just sit here and sing
Time passing by like rain on a windshield
Time marches on and on and on
One cannot reverse what has come to pass
It's like sleet all melted and transient
There is non that can fathom
and many who have failed
that many have gone mad in seeking it
only to find their reflections in the stars
or on the wall looking a little forlorn
like my grandfather crying bcause his life was too hard
and suddenly I find I am crying too
I'll cry you come loose fickle Christmas Tears
You're jumping about like a springfallen lamb
I pause here to give you a tender kiss
your folley never ceases to amaze me
the joy of christmas is tied in with the irreversability of time
That once gone is something lost forever
If you could get it back the world would sing
and cry happy tears, but for now
I think I'll just sit here and think about it
In Jesus' Name,
Amen