They're skating on the moat,
Feasting in the hall;
Christmas fills the old Church,
But waiting by the wall,
He hears the winter bells ring wild
A carol of his home:
A Shepherd in the cold and mist,
Apart, but not alone.

12/18/2001

Author's Note: A mission Christmas memory.

Posted on 12/18/2001
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