Christmas Came On a Frosty Day

Soft dawn light... Broke in the east Pink and red, in late December Christmas came on a frosty day... What I can remember..... This time, so long ago So many years passed by Yet, I remember The cold winter in that December The geese long since gone south Honking cry, in an Autumn sky I was a merest wisp of a boy All I ever wanted.... was that toy.... I was seven... You know... On that frosty Christmas day Back then.... Cold winters, come and go I am old ,you know... Yet, I remember that Christmas On a frosty day, back then.... In deep snow... I was seven.... Most of the family have passed on, gone to heaven I remember how the candles shone, long ago I am old , you know.... I was seven.. Then... We were poor, you know back then... Long ago I was seven... A mere wisp of a boy I am old now, but I still remember My favourite Christmas... My favourite toy.... I was seven Christmas came on a frosty day.... Like so many since then I still have that toy... By my bed I am eighty seven, you know... and still a boy..... Matthew.B