Christmas

Christmas Christmas lights adorn The evergreen Red, green, blue , clear ones deck the tree Ornaments : balls , ribbons Golden, silvery and metallics Glisten on its thyme and rosemary Topped with a star Twinkling in its night sky The snow glow sings carols into the eve Pine needles are it’s leaves Presents at its feet Sweet warm spicy pine cones Fill the room The gingerbread house is built Topped with hard and chewy candies Sealed with frosting A hand written note : For Santa Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and milk By the tree Jolly are the children on the day Joyful hearts and warm spirits Candy canes and chocolates Stuffed stockings above the fireplace With little useful things Gloves, scarves, hats, jewelry , makeup , perfume As the day’s journey ends The spark goes dim in the eyes For the spirit of giving is more than a celebration and a gathering of kin But that of the birth of Jesus Christ Who God sacrificed for the love of mankind A symbolic exchange of love Of communion with ourselves And the God above Whose essence lives deep in us Marckincia Jean Free verse 12/20/19