The True Christmas Spirit
As the happy season of the year has come
Replete with merry songs and dance
When Earth is given the greatest gift
That Heaven could ever bestow on mankind
It’s time to lift our hearts in devotion deep
And sing Hallelujah to our Lord on high
This is the time to fill every heart and soul
With sweet sentiments of love and peace
Letting compassion and kindness rule our hearts
Loving all without constraint or condition
Letting the King reign the world and every soul
Christmas is not in the Christmas tree we set up
Or the festoons and decorations we hang
Or the gifts we pack and deliver to all we like
Or the sumptuous feast cooked and served
But in welcoming Jesus wholeheartedly
Allowing him to be born into our hearts,
Remembering Mary and Joseph had to stray
Finding no room, not even in a wayside inn.
When a poor man lays open his crucial needs
And extends his hands for alms
When his face reflects the trials, he has been through
Sharing with him something of yours-
In it lies the true Christmas spirit,
When we see that no child shall cry
For a loaf of bread on this day
Providing them with something set aside
As we indulge in feasts and delights-
In it lies the true Christmas spirit.
Along with the merry bells that chime
If we can ring the message of goodwill to all
With thoughts of the deprived, the sick and the dying
And all those beyond our walled fence
Offering them a bit of Christmas cheer-
In it lies the true Christmas spirit.
Dec.4.2022
Christmas Spirit Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Regina McIntosh
Copyright © Valsa George | Year Posted 2022
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