by John Knight

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July 12, 2006

For The Road ~

December 26, 2011 09:51 PM UTC

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After all the lights and all the bows

No longer promise brightly

After all the songs and all the bells

Fall silent as the night

I wish you love

Though be blushes under mistletoes

And warm hellos but embers

When all the hearths and hearty smells

And farewells fade to dim

I wish you love

As life once more in traffic flows

And heralds lose their smile

When once again time's teller tells

To earth we must return

I wish you love

As gifts the hand and heart bestow

Become but things to keep

And lines and walls and citadels

Grow real and hard again

I wish you love

To all my friends and all my foes

Of thought or word or war

To all bound souls in chains or hells

Whom I cannot set free

I wish you love

Our lives are as the candle glows

Not boxes we might flatter

Though strength my heart for breaking spells

Nor webs that hold can offer

I wish you love

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Ann Marcaida Dec 27, 2011, 12:58pm UTC

Love, the true spirit of Christmas and the cure for post-holidays blues. Now featured at Examining Our Religion.

John Knight Dec 27, 2011, 5:21pm UTC

Thanks, Ann, I appreciate it. And I'm coming to appreciate that "Examining" approach, which I found kinda clinical at first.

Ann Marcaida Dec 27, 2011, 9:17pm UTC

Yeah, it's working out better than I thought. Thanks again for your help.

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Sue B.© The Sting IS Worse Than the Buzz Dec 27, 2011, 12:59pm UTC

Glad you posted this again. Thank you.

John Knight Dec 27, 2011, 5:28pm UTC

Hey, thanks Sue . . I remembered it at the last moment (actually was reminded by something else I saw posted here), so to speak, and upon rereading the comments from the last posting (including your fine response), I thought perhaps there was no reason not to post it again. People seemed to find it helpful in some sense . . and heck, it can't help in the abstract.

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