Touching the Past

christmas past/ the long trips home/ christmas defined home and home defined christmas/ all the connections seemed so easy/ forged through years of knowing/ permanence seemed etched in the comfort of the familiar/ all the hopes checked and confirmed and recommitted with each passing year/ smiles through tears of such profound joy/ passion so deep you couldn't breathe/ and the music flowed so freely you thought it would never dry up/ the past so thick you can slice into memories for all the guests and still have such abundance...