A sweet and fragrant home

Gleams from long ago

The lone crackling fire

In a wilderness of white

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We are miles away

In a bleak hereafter

Where sparks pour across

The ever-widening dark

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We are far from the warmth

Of familiar smiles

Damaged by time

Beyond the winters we’ve roamed

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Trudging ahead with heavy hearts

To the trusted hymns

Left lilting by the fire