Christmas Carole

My feelings and emotions, Long since repressed, Stirred from their slumber Feelings I thought had long passed Were awakened like a sleeping giant Reappearing like long lost friends Out of the blue and so unexpected And Carole was the reason We met by chance A week or so before Christmas In a crowded book shop Amidst the throng of Christmas shoppers We simultaneously emerged at the checkout Both clutching a copy of the same book The dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” Spotting each others proposed purchases We both smiled And as far as we could see We were the only people smiling Surrounded as we were By a multitude of the disgruntled I found myself suggesting coffee And was pleasantly surprised to here her accept Following that first chance meeting We quickly became inseparable We would sit and talk for hours About everything and nothing As we’d sit by the cosy fireside We would share long walks in the country And afternoons watching old movies It soon became obvious We had both found that elusive something That had been just out of reach Just over the next hill We had found our soul mates Now we share everything She was the Christmas gift I had been waiting for all my life My very own Christmas cracker My very own Christmas Carole