Christmas Lights

I shiver and stalk

My eyes chase memories

A decade has gone

A treasure chest with golden bones

Makes it all intriguing

This drama called life

Time travel makes me woozy

The cold Christmas night

and hot chocolate companion

Distant shrieks of kids chasing one another

Laughter at their heels , shadowing them like a lost puppy

My lucky night..... I hear carolers singing

At once I see faces, my mind broadcasting

They are familiar and yet unknown

Conversations stale.. frequent efforts to keep it real

Everything has a shelf life

Then I see a Christmas tree and I stand distracted

The colors and lights hold my sight

I'm reminded of several other Christmases

Nights much like these .... only those were nights with a different clan

They are still around somewhere

But today we stare at different trees

And we are ok with it.

I see a man in a santa suit hiding the brown behind fake white beard...but the kids his audience

take his act in....they appreciate his person for all that they believe him to be

I see them smile and I'm reminded once again of times like these...when we all had the ability to see good and appreciate good together.

We still do and can.

On every Christmas I take stock...

And on every Christmas I make promises to myself...

On this Christmas I intend to actually follow through

And as I make my way home...I feel warm in the cold silent night...

And these Christmas lights on these Christmas nights remind and distract ...as always..

Merry Christmas.