Christmas Light
by May Sarton
When
everyone had gone
I sat in the library
With the small silent tree,
She and I alone.
I sat in the library
With the small silent tree,
She and I alone.
How softly she shone!
And for
the first time then
For the first time this year,
I felt reborn again,
I knew love’s presence near.
For the first time this year,
I felt reborn again,
I knew love’s presence near.
Love
distant, love detached
And strangely without weight,
Was with me in the night
When everyone had gone
And the garland of pure light
Stayed on, stayed on.
And strangely without weight,
Was with me in the night
When everyone had gone
And the garland of pure light
Stayed on, stayed on.
"Christmas Light" by May Sarton from Collected Poems. © Norton, 1993.
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