merry mistletoe maiden headed our way early this year
You are almost two months early, you poor little dear
She can stay with me my grandma said, I’ll decorate now
the maiden was excited, for grandma decorates with a wow.
Meet me under the mistletoe
tilt your face up
and whisper in my ear.
“You’re the only one I want.”
Lean in closer
and pucker up,
let our lips entwine
for even a brief second.
Meet me under that mistletoe,
make my dreams come true.
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Sniffles invade cheer~
Tinsel bright, throat very tight.
Unused mistletoe,
kisses taste like grape cough drops.
Snowflakes dance; I ache in bed.
Hanging Mistletoe
Prompting holiday kisses
Imparting joy and peace
Delightful music fills the air
Evergreens dressed in holiday tinsel
Christmas is around the corner
Everyone is busier than ever
Multitude of things to do
Baritones and sopranos sing familiar carols
Eating yule log and cookies is encouraged
Reaching for eggnog and mistletoe that's hung
I know that it was meant for me
That kiss she planted one, two, three
I’m gonna blame that Mistletoe
Who put it there, I’d like to know
I thought I had it all worked out
My friend and I, we had no doubt
He had that Mistletoe in hand
And he would hang it where I stand
You see that way when she arrived
Under its leaves, I could have dived
And then her winsome kiss, I’d know
For all to see, we’d be on show
But
It was a Mistletoe Mishap
Who could have done this, I’d like to know
It was a Mistletoe Mishap
My friend wouldn’t do this, this is so low
It was a Mistletoe Mishap
Who could have done this, I’d like to know
It was a Mistletoe Mishap
I’d like to find him, I may as well go!
If I find out it was my friend
I’ll never speak to him again
He knows that I’m a quiet guy
And that I’m really very shy
I needed so to break the ice
That would have been so very nice
Instead some other’s Christmas lips
Are glowing as their heartbeat skips
It was a Mistletoe Mishap
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its white berries cling
like unanswered prayers~
a thief in the oak’s gnarled arms
hung between
the living and the dead.
who hung this ghost of summer here?
not root, not branch~
yet its green persists.
why do we kiss beneath
this thief’s branch,
parasite of oak, stealer of light?
perhaps because love, too,
takes root in wounds
we cannot name.
Give me a kiss under the mistletoe
as
Christmas comes but once a year
gathering friends and family near
and
if X is a kiss is kissmas a word
if it is it’s the sweetest I’ve heard
X marks the spot now Christmas is here
peaceful joyful and full of good cheer
I’ll give you a kiss here under the mistletoe
as
Christmas is the time for giving
bringing good will a time for living
so
let’s put the X in Xmas
with a kiss for Christmas on Christmas Day
fare that's fine hot spiced wine
and a thought for loved ones
so far away
EIGHT BEAUTIFUL LINES
Filled with peachy pleasure in parsley pastures
I eye eagle elegantly elevate in elongated flight
warriors wonder wisely about rising Sun
whispering wondrous worldly wishes across
abiding angelic appled air spun
elves and fairies pirouette in royal ribbons blue
with mystics maypoling as kittens mew
a mistletoe mist of fat figs feasting true !
there is a parasite amoung us that hides most of the year
once the temperature starts falling as does the leaves its there
right in our sight but out of our reach
so many stories on how it came about
some thought it brought fertility and others protection
it brought death to a Norse god
when all other plants are dying its thriving and even blooms
I am of course talking about mistletoe
every year I hope to find some low enough to gather myself
but more often than not I have to buy some from someone
how wonderful to have this little parasite hanging around demanding a kiss
Valentines kiss all decked out in coats
Lips that dance at each other's throats
Flurries that decorate chestnut hair
The heat of passion warming the air
Beneath the length of the polar night
Is where these two hearts soar to flight
The weight of the world to disappear
When souls like these draw anear
Wrap them up in blankets of snow
Angels that form in the hollow below
Diamond dust that glistens the sky
Love like this will never run dry
Beneath mistletoe they meet their eyes
Evergreen spirits, with joy they rise
Nothing can break the invisible string
Of tender compassion, and songs they sing
At end of night they retreat to inside
With handknit sweaters on couch they reside
Orange fireplace glow on faces they show
Cuddled together, to sleep they go
This dream that I have I know will be mine
On a future winter Valentine's
Merrily, merrily,
mystify him gently,
manage him to the door.
Make sure he sees the sprig,
manifest, boldly ask,
majestic tradition,
mirthfully with a kiss.
Don't worry and cheer up for a while,
let us kiss under the mistletoe.
Why don't we toast in the snow?,
Let's welcome the next year with a smile.
And what is in a bland
year
that a great moment
could not obliterate…
the value of a lifetime
without a season of proximity
shared…?
as one thimble of seawater
passed between us
can be a voyage toward
wondrous eternity
when hearts are righted
and divine charting
full sail
at the steer -- ?
We talk of the toast
into tomorrow
while letting the dear drip
pour away
limiting prayer
to future morning cadence
giving not enough deference
to Loving Presence attended…
Kiss me!
"Underneath the Mistletoe"
Christmas kissed
its dream
underneath the Mistletoe
The Dream
melted a frozen heart
underneath the Mistletoe
Love like a
burning star
shining bright
Christmas kissed
its dream
underneath the Mistletoe
Love like a
burning star
shining bright
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
at Christmas, 2023
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