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December 18, 2016

Solstice Song

In the cold church hall
The singer tunes his guitar
And in the empty chair beside me
Your ghost sits down
Wearing the same blue shirt
And khaki pants you wore
That hot summer night
Six years and seven months ago
On our wedding anniversary
When we came to hear this same singer
Tune his guitar and sing of
The holy in everything

Your ghost hand takes my hand
Your ghost fingers wrap around mine
And with your other hand
If you wished
You could touch the tear on my cheek
As the singer sings of the dark and the loss
And the light in everything

The guitar thrums
The air hums with music
And your ghost breathes my name

Candles in the Windows

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December 6, 2016

This afternoon I placed electric candles in all the windows of the house (good thing it is a small house.)

The candles in the windows were one of Bill’s favorite Christmas decorations, and although he left much of the Yuletide decorating to his own personal Christmas Genie (whose efforts he applauded and admired) he did help with the traditional candles. They also were the decorations that he liked to go up early in the holiday season and take down very late (as in March or Easter!)

Now I plug the candles in and test them, replace light bulbs, and place them in the windows by myself.

So dear Bill, wherever you are, I hope you can see the warm lights of home shining with love from our windows on this dark and rainy night.