An Angel of Christmas Past
The eve of Christmas a day I won’t soon forget
It was the day we celebrated yes I do remember
The family came together for you with no regret
Recalling a child, spying around, found a train set
I would start to feel the excitement in November
The eve of Christmas a day I won’t soon forget
Someone hurries to buy a last gift in a Corvette
Another sad to celebrate, a gift they can’t render
The family came together for you with no regret
The rest of the holiday, I’ll change my mindset
Going to show some real spirit, not be a pretender
The eve of Christmas a day I won’t soon forget
If there is anyone, it’s to you that I am in debt
Lil sweet lady, no you were powerful yet slender
The family came together for you with no regret
So far from that magical time I’m a dark silhouette
But my cold hard heart starts to melt in December
The eve of Christmas a day I won’t soon forget
You taught me about Holiday spirit, with no regret
Written by me Wayland Bunch II on 12/10/2013 for Happy Holidays contest in
memory of my grandmother. I changed the last line, felt forced to change it, but will
still categorize this poem as a Villanelle. I could have easily repeated the closing line
again, or could have called it free verse, but neither would have done justice to
the message or the form, because I used the power of the repetition, provided by the
form, throughout.
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