Another Year Has Gone By

昨晚收到朋友傳來的mail：『祝妳生日快樂。』，每年都只有這幾個字，每年都在生日的前三天收到。我懷疑他不記得確切的日子，只當是提前暖壽。原想問他：「你說吧？我生日到底是那天？」，
但還是放下捉狹的淘氣，只像往年一樣，輕輕回了：『謝謝』兩個字。臉書上有人說：「有千言萬語卻一句也不說但總發短信的，這叫友誼！」，果然如是。

此時收音機響起了Celine Dion的Another Year Has Gone By, 不禁莞爾。契闊如歲月，人事迢遞，還有人記得我生日，並不吝惜寄出祝福，我還挑剔什麼？

十二月，是個冷熱交疊的季節，外冷內熱。匆匆行人奔馳送禮如達達馬蹄，朵朵燈花璀燦如未滅煙火。於是未感氣溫之冷，反感心頭之熱。

有文人形容耶誕樹的形狀原如一滴眼淚，天使心生悲憫，覆以星月之光亮，使其光彩奪目，天下之美，盡歸於斯。真是多情的想像，好生美麗。

去年此時，痛失忽忽，今年此時，正翻越生命中的峻嶺。也是冬天。但如歌曲所言，正因我們每天都在失去，所以就更珍惜還留下的...那怕，只是記憶。

~ ~ ~ Merry Christmas To You All ~ ~ ~




Another Year Has Gone By

So many 25th's of December
Just as many 4th of July's
And we're still holding it together
It only comes down to you and I

I know you can still remember
Things we said right from the start
When we said that this could be special
I'm keeping those words deep down in my heart

Another year has gone by
And I'm still the one by your side
After everything that's gone by
There's still no one saying goodbye
Though another year has gone by

I never been much for occasions
You never let another birthday go by
Without announcing how much you love me
But the truth was always there
Right there in your eyes

And we're still holding hands when we're walking
Acting like we've only just met
But how can that be - when there's so much history
I guess that's how true lovers can get

Another year has gone by
And I'm still the one by your side
After everything that's gone by
There's still no one saying goodbye
Though another year has gone by

Another year has gone by
And I'm still the one by your side
After everything that's gone by
There's still no one saying goodbye
Though another year has gone by