Red-Nose

Its quiet all through, through the house Your voice is bouncing off the walls From empty calls and time we lost Snows falling on the ground It's all around my room a swirling mess of thoughts But peppermint repells the moths The stockings above the fireplace have caught aflame A twisted game For a crooked smile to hide the pain Happy holly, he's in a daze A red nose but not the same as All of the time he spent playing outside in the cold Always losing his coats, with no cares, he just floats With a different red-nose Three rings of jingle bells calling him home Now he thinks of the roses that wilt in the snow His first love he lost in the blizzard foretold Not a creature was stirring when he finally let go Banging on doors while he's kept from the warmth Coughing up sugarplum blood from the swarm A lesson he learnt that he would learn again The bite of a mouse on the palm of his hand Happy holly, he's in a daze A red nose but not the same as All of the time he spent playing outside in the cold Always losing his coats, with no clothes cares, he just floats With a different red-nose Three rings of jingle bells calling him home Not a creature was stirring when he finally let go