By an answered prayer
Date: 15 December 1998

TRUTH

I NEVER THOUGHT...
i only hoped
AND THAT IS EVERYTHING
or maybe it won't be enough.
SANTA COMES THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE
or maybe I am wrong.
I'LL GRAB YOU AND KISS YOU AND TELL YOU I LOVE YOU DESPARATELY
or maybe I will stand there and gawk at you and be speechless.
I'LL ASK YOU FOR ANOTHER CHANCE
or you will tell me we can never see each other again after this one time.
I'VE GOT ONE IMPRESSION. ONE GLANCE. ONE MINUTE.
it can all be over as quickly as that or 
YOU WILL REMEMBER US AND FORGET THE OTHER US or
leave never to return again.
ONE MINUTE TO PULL BACK THE VEIL OF TIME AND TAKE YOUR HAND
WHILE YOU TAKE MINE.
TO LOOK INTO YOUR EYES 
AS YOU LOOK INTO MINE.
TO BREATHE YOU IN 
AS YOU CARESS MY HAIR.
ONE MINUTE TO BE COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY BLIND.
OR PERHAPS IT WILL BE THE ONE MOMENT WE ACTUALLY SEE.