if someone was there if someone was there, the phone could ring with unexpected surprise and when picked up would shower your ear with so many unexpected Christmas presents. there could be a kind of dark chocolate anticipation of twenty or so minutes between the breath between receivers touched your face. and one of those feminine smiles we've all come to appreciate. if someone was there, the snow would be veined with long walks and hot chocolate stains. presents would go unattended as the fireplace would roar, finding an audience. if someone was there, darkness would find candles in its place and the air would crackle under laughter and velvet voice. she would find the lines of an erratic poet gently swirling across her skin. if someone was there, I would go to sleep exicted go to sleep for the sole purpose of waking up tomorrow. if only a brilliant star would burn through wint er skies. if only someone was there. ,