Christmas Tree

It’s Christmas time yet once again

another year has past

slightly quicker than the last one

which also moved quite fast -

it sometimes leaves me wondering

how many yules are left

to gather up the family

into my little nest -

to decorate the Christmas tree

and sing of jingle bells

of Rudolph with a ruby nose

and Santa and his elves

of a manger and a baby

and a silent holy night

of a star that lit the eastern sky

with incandescent light -

to soak up all the magic

as the mistletoe is hung

as fairy lights twinkle

as  carol singers hum

as the universe listens

to that yuletide seasonal plea -

 let the family gather next year

round the Christmas tree with me.