silent nights

Snow is falling slow tonight, the streetlights glow in amber glass
Neighbors hum their carols low, pretending every hurt can pass
You smile like winter wipes the slate and hides the things you never faced
But cold can only blur the truth, it never takes the stain away

The candles paint your halo gold, but shadows gather at your feet
The parts you hide the whole year round come rising with the heartbeat

You say the world feels softer when the nights turn quiet white
But silence only magnifies the things you keep out of sight

The wreath upon your doorway hides the cracks beneath the frame
The holly on the mantel cannot mask the weight of blame
You pour another glass and call it peace, but peace won’t answer you
The ghosts you fed return again, they always know the route back through

You hang your stocking by the fire like the flames can shift the past
But winter keeps its memories, and they always come back fast

You talk of joy and mercy like the midnight sets you free
But you cannot change a lifetime with a single Christmas plea

You lit the spark that burned the trust
You stirred the frost that turned to dust
You shaped the world that chills you now
With every shiver on the bough

The carols toll like warnings that the season cannot save
And the snow that seems forgiving is the snow that marks your grave

Silent nights like these
Make your ghosts impossible to hide
Every sin you thought was sleeping
Writes its name across the night
You can hide behind the garland
Or the branches of the tree
But the truth grows cold and closer
Under silent nights like these