Angels in the Snow-Neil Bartram

[00:00.969] [00:04.263]Alvin [00:04.454]What's that’ [00:06.250]Thomas [00:06.730]A work in progress. [00:09.055](alvin takes the pages and reads.) [00:09.472] [00:11.576]Alvin [00:11.769]"every christmas eve we’d make angels in the snow, just like every other kid has done. [00:18.200]We’d stretch out our arms and legs. Then we’d wave them to and fro, in a halo of the [00:23.741]Late december sun." [00:25.014] [00:27.317]"and once a year we believed [00:30.026]There was magic alive in the air [00:33.040]For the angels we made lying there." [00:38.610] [00:40.488]Hm. I like this. [00:42.577] [00:42.952]"proudly we’d create [00:44.743]Our two angels in the snow [00:47.744]With reverential robes and perfect wings. [00:52.721]We’d spend hours in the yard [00:55.194]All those christmases ago [00:57.794]And when at last they were complete [01:00.017]We felt like kings. [01:03.016] [01:03.637]Then as the sun disappeared..." [01:05.138](alvin realizes that this is all thomas has written.) [01:05.585] [01:08.454]This is it, tom’ [01:09.575](thomas takes the pages from alvin and searches for words to complete the sentence.) [01:10.049] [01:10.753]Thomas [01:11.127]Then as the sun disappeared... [01:13.906] [01:16.572]And with snow down the back of our pants [01:20.584]We would wait for our angels to dance. [01:25.970] [01:26.733](thomas tosses the pages into the air creating a blizzard of papers. [01:27.640]The blizzard becomes a gentle snowfall.) [01:28.532] [01:29.509]The icy wind would whip the snow from the ground [01:32.328]Alvin [01:32.517]And the trees would moan a sweet celestial sound. [01:34.570]Thomas [01:34.722]Then the angel souls were wide awake [01:37.433]Both [01:37.607]And alive on every single flake. [01:40.343]They whirled all around us [01:43.225]As we stood like stone. [01:46.204]Thousands of angels with lives of their own. [01:51.750]Each one with a separate story [01:54.451]Joining in one burst of glory. [01:57.946] [01:59.038]Thomas [01:59.219]But then the snowflakes scattered and they flew [02:02.756] [02:06.192]And our angels did too. [02:08.513] [02:12.370]Both [02:12.595]Every christmas eve [02:15.352]We’d make angels in the snow [02:17.853] [02:18.159]Thomas [02:18.397]And every year we’d watch them disappear. [02:21.253]Alvin [02:21.494]They’d disappear. [02:23.107]Thomas [02:23.305]But i know that they’ll return [02:25.843]And though the years may come and go [02:28.666]When i need to have them with me they’ll be here. [02:31.755](alvin looks thomas in the eye with reassurance.) [02:31.964]Alvin [02:32.266]They’ll be here. [02:33.369]Thomas [02:33.552]They’ll be here. [02:34.873]Alvin [02:35.029]They’ll be here. [02:36.677] [02:37.131]Both [02:37.285]Swirling round and around [02:39.448]In a magical christmas eve glow. [02:45.461]The way they did then [02:50.303]Back when we were just ten [02:55.288] [02:55.762]All our angels again [03:03.867]In the snow. [03:11.490] [03:12.056](thomas and alvin embrace one final time and alvin vanishes. [03:13.990] [03:22.167]Thomas finds himself once again in the funeral chapel. [03:24.578]He goes to the podium, closes his notebook and speaks.) [03:27.531] [03:42.213]Thomas [03:42.426]We are gathered to honor the life of alvin kelby. He was my best friend. [03:51.300] [03:54.424]Let me tell you a story about alvin... [04:00.484]