Lyrics

The Shortest Day
Music & lyrics by SARA THOMSEN

It was the shortest day
And the longest night
You came my way
And I held you tight

I can see your eyes
Opening wide
I can hear your cries
Feel your heartbeat close to mine

And the wind will blow
And the wind will blow
And you will always know
I will love you as long
as the wind doth blow

I can hold your hand
If I close my eyes awhile
Watch you learn to stand
I can see your sweet, sweet smile

In the falling snow
In the falling snow
With your cheeks aglow
As your eyes delight
at the falling snow

Seems so far away
You were almost four
I remember the day
I remember the coat you wore

I remember the ground
I remember the clay
I remember I found
Every day turned gray

That was long ago
That was long ago
I had to let you go---
So long ago

Now my hair is white
As the falling snow
And you still shine bright
Everywhere I go

Every longest night
I whisper your name
In the candlelight
By the frosty windowpane

And the wind will blow
And the wind will blow
And you will always know
I will love you as long
as the wind doth blow

You were the shortest day

© 2023 Sara Thomsen

In memory of my sister, Anne Rebecca.
December 21, 1962-October 29, 1966

I wrote this imagining it from my mother’s perspective, in her eighties, looking back over fifty years ago.