I wake up This Christmas morning You're beside me In my parallel world Still asleep Your hair tousled Over your bare shoulder Your breathing soft A slight glow on your face From our night before I smile at the memory Of who we were, At the warm comfort Of who we are And at the promise Of who we can be As I watch you sleep You're waking now Your eyes twinkling Your mouth opening To a gentle smile That lights up this room I reach for you My hand on your cheek Leaning closer For a tender kiss, A lingering kiss But for today, Only a kiss A small connection For just this moment Hands holding briefly Not wanting to let go Each knowing this is all We can share for now Our real worlds Calling for each of us To be elsewhere today We look over our shoulders A Merry Christmas Merely whispered Our eyes saying So much more As we walk through Our separate doors To our worlds So far apart At 3 o'clock your time, Think of me As I will think of you Two secret smiles A Christmas shared For just a moment On our second Christmas Day