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Christmas Spent Alone

By Gunslinger

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

Speechless in amazement... I watched you walk away. When you told me it was over, On that cold, December day- We both had said "forever", Along with our "I do's"... Now, after nearly thirty years- You tell me that we're through. The glamour faded long ago, The intrigue followed soon, Somehow you finally figured out- I did not "hang the moon". I wonder where to go from here- And wonder where you've gone... I'm trying to remember the... Last Christmas spent alone. Written December 15th, 2001 © on Dec 15 2001 06:48 AM PST, John R. Yaws   0 • 10

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