LITTLE CHILD, LONELY CHILD

 

Little child,

Lonely child,

Face pressed

Against the glass

Breath blooming,

On the window pain

What do you seek?

Outside in the cold

In that bleak winter scene

Do you listen for sleigh bells?

Out in the snow

Is it the man in red?

You wait alone for

Why do you listen?

So intently at the silence

What was that sound?

Out in the cold

Not sleigh bells

No, a car door

Now a figure appears

Who is it?

Not the man in red

Little child,

Lonely child,

Is excited now,

Rushes to the door

Its daddy, its daddy

Home at last