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.
