By Galadrial
Date: 23 December 2000
Love, I Said
I always asked for the same thing
at Christmas
and while I never spoke the wish
I hoped that the request
would be read in my eyes,
in my faltering tones,
in the way that I never wanted
some new thing to dust,
or save from breakage.
And you could say that so long
as my dearest wish was never voiced---
well, maybe that was why i never recieved
the gift I wanted most.
Until this year.
You got me in the habit
of having my thoughts read---
even the ones I wished most to hide.
And I never guessed
that while you were holding fast to my heart,
it might be whispering to you
what I could never bring myself to say.
And when I turned around that night
as we sat beneath our tree,
you gave me more gifts
than i could count or measure
in the sweet look in your eyes,
in the touch that said
that i was all you ever wanted for christmas---
and you couldn't believe I was there.
You were what I wished for Christmas,
a love that counted me
as rare,
and precious,
and well worth keeping for all and ever.
Merry Christmas beloved...
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