AND THERE ALL ALONE
LAY AN INMATE NOT SLEEPING
BUT DREAMING OF HOME
THE BLANKET WAS THIN
AND HIS CELL WAS SO COLD
THE CHILL IN HIS BONES
WAS TAKING ITS HOLD
THERE WASN’T ANY TINSEL
NO GARLAND OR LIGHTS
THERE WON’T BE ANY PRESENTS
DELIVERED TONIGHT
NO SUGAR PLUMS OR COOKIES
NO TURKEY OR HAM
YOU CAN’T EXPECT MUCH
THE MEALS ARE A SHAM!
BUT THE MAN HAD A GLIMMER
A SLIVER OF HOPE
BECAUSE OF THE TREASURE
TIED TO HIS HEART WITH A ROPE
THE ROPE IS MADE OF TEARS
MADE OF STRENGTH AND OF LOVE
WHICH COMES FROM HIS FAMILY
AND FROM HEAVEN ABOVE
KNOWING HE’D MESSED UP
GIVING HIS LOVED ONES MUCH WOE
BUT HOPING AND WISHING
FOR THEM ALL TO KNOW
THE MISTAKES THAT HE MADE
AND THERE’D BEEN QUITE A FEW
HURT HIM THE MOST
THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO
HOW DID HE REACH
THIS LOW POINT OF HIS LIFE
LIVING IN PRISON
AWAY FROM HIS WIFE?
THE MAN LAY IN HIS BUNK
HE THOUGHT AND HE WONDERED
CAN I COME BACK FROM THIS ALL?
WILL THIS BE MY LAST BLUNDER?
BUT SLOWLY A CALM
CAME OVER THE MAN
FOR HE KNEW THAT HIS LOVED ONES
WOULD ALWAYS STAND
RIGHT BY HIS SIDE
THROUGH THICK AND THROUGH THIN
THEY WOULD HELP HIM GET HIM THROUGH
THE MESS HE WAS IN
THERE’S NO NEED TO WORRY
IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME
BUT THIS MAN ONE DAY
WILL BE SO PROUD AND SHINE!
SO STAND BACK AND WATCH
AND YOU WILL FINALLY SEE
WITH YOUR LOVE AND YOUR PATIENCE
THE GREAT MAN I’LL BE
DON’T EVER GIVE UP HOPE
PLEASE DON’T TURN YOUR BACK
STAY WITH ME ALWAYS
AND I WON’T GET OFF TRACK
SO THIS YEAR I CELEBRATE
A CHRISTMAS WITH NO TREE
THERE WON’T BE ANY GLITTER
THERE WON’T BE ANY GLEE
BUT THIS I WILL PROMISE
FROM MY HEAD AND MY HEART
WHEN I COME HOME
I WILL NEVER DEPART
I WILL BRING THE JOY
OF THE SEASON TO YOU
I WILL SHINE BRIGHTER THAN
THE TOYS THAT ARE NEW!
IF SANTA WOULD ONLY
GRANT MY ONE WISH THIS YEAR
THIS MAN WILL BE HUMBLE
AND MAY SHED A TEAR
FOR THE WISH THAT HE WANTS
IS NOT SIMPLE TO GIVE
THIS MAN WISHES TO UNDO
THE HURT THAT HE DID
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!
JOANNE, AKA INSPIRATION
DEC. 2008
DEC. 2008
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