The Wind Up Music

The shops are prematurely saturating the air With happy holiday music and bells Making my silly heart swell Remembering when love was real Was new And I had reason to roam The tinseled Christmas town Seeking out silver and gold I knew no cold And tasted falling snowflakes Bundled against the bitter breeze By your blanketing words of whimsy and warmth Winter looked wide eyed wonderful then Only now do I remember the frosting that followed Like that perfect scene Captured and held hostage in a snow globe Never ever changing Always just a beautiful Time after time No matter how hard or how often it was shaken The Christmas cottage remained the same It's lovely landscape intact Merry and magically bright I bought myself my own Christmas gift Albeit well in advance And against the good advice of my purse strings A single silver snowflake In a snow globe shiny new Flecks of white and gold glitter Floating dancing in the water It's note by note song to keep me company On my very own silent night