The Music Box

Remember last Christmas Eve
 When we sat next to our first tree
 Ornaments reflected light
 Of a candle in the night
 And I gave you a music box
 Back then that seemed like so much
 We watched it go round and round
 As the melodies unwound
 But all these things are now long gone
 And not to be wished upon again
 But the musical box continues to turn
 The candle in the window continues to burn
 But I know they're just memories
 Like Christmas past and you and me
 Remember that old fireplace
 That held the room in warm embrace
 And as we watched for Christmas ghosts
 The fire held the shadows close
 But now upon that Christmas scene
 The candle wax of melted dreams
 And ornaments of shattered glass
 Now belonging to the past
 But all these things are now long gone
 And not to be wished upon again
 But the musical box continues to turn
 The candle in the window continues to burn
 But I know they're just memories
 Like Christmas past and you and me
 BEHIND THAT SINGLE LETTER
 WAS A WEATHERED PHOTOGRAPH
 OF THAT MAN IN THE ARTICLE
 BUT FROM SOMEWHERE IN HIS PAST
 AND STANDING THERE BESIDE HIM
 IN A SETTING SUMMER SUN
 WAS THE LADY WHO USED TO OWN THIS HOUSE
 ONLY HERE SHE WAS QUITE YOUNG
 SHE HAD MOVED TO A SMALLER PLACE
 THAT WAS ONLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR
 AND THEN THE CHILD NOTICED SOMETHING ELSE
 THAT SHE HAD MISSED BEFORE
 THIS LETTER HAD NO STAMP IT SEEMED
 AND WAS SURELY NEVER SENT
 AND AS SHE SAT UPON THE FLOOR
 THAT CHILD SHE WONDERED WHAT IT MEANT
 THEN THE ANGEL WHISPERED TO HER
 A MOST IMPORTANT FACT
 THAT FOR COMPASSION TO BE REAL
 IT REQUIRES ONE TO ACT
 THEN ONCE AGAIN THAT CHILD CAME UP
 WITH A CHILD'S IDEA
 BUT SHE KNEW SHE MUST ACT FAST
 FOR TIME, IT WAS GROWING DEAR
 SO TAKING THAT ARTICLE BACK DOWNSTAIRS
 SHE FOUND THE KITCHEN PHONE
 AND CALLED UP INFORMATION
 TO FIND THE NUMBER OF HIS HOME
 AND WHEN HE PICKED UP THE RECEIVER
 SHE QUICKLY TOLD HIM QUITE ENOUGH
 TO KNOW WHO WAS WAITING ON THIS NIGHT FOR HIM
 AND THEN THE CHILD, SHE JUST HUNG UP
 THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WAS AWAKE
 SHE TOOK A QUICK LOOK DOWN THE HALL
 THEN SHE FOUND HER NEIGHBOR'S NUMBER
 AND REPEATED THAT SAME CALL