Once Upon a Christmas Dreaming

Once upon a Christmas dreaming Alphabets of spelling sleep, Coal and snow plumed shrouded wreaths, Fantasia minds plunged ever teeming Distant choral souls redeeming, Silence weeping, starlight beaming, Light years bursting solar sheaths. Whatever lost craved warmth and finding, Rang the bells and rapped the brass, Crept a creep of holy stealth, Midnight chimed, the clock unwinding, Visual feasts of gospels blinding, Shadows lifted, ever minding Love bestowing priceless wealth. In the veils of crystals falling Carols gelled with latticed ice, Knitted pearls of liquid frost, The songs of Christmas past were calling, Eerie, wistful caterwauling, Heaven bent on reinstalling, Beckoned home whatever lost. Once upon a Christmas waking To a world of perfect white, Love and caring left the grave And arms wrapped bodies live and shaking, Purest beauty in the making, Gifts for giving, gifts for taking, And all we took was all we gave.