Once upon a time
years ago in youth
Evergreen and fancy free
strings of lights
Thrived magic
When cookies and milk
Left out one special eve
turned into presents
opened wildly abandon free
Just past dawn
Excited smiles
and giggling glee
with warm soft happy hands
Ribbons
unfurled like ticker tape
Paper once smooth rested assured in crumpled mass
Its job well done in keeping surprises and secrets.
After earning angel’s wings
in purely driven snow
children’s faces sticky
with marshmallowed cocoa
Hands grasping cool peppermint sticks
shaped like shepherd’s crooks
Brought in misfit flocks
If only for this day
No one thought of arguing over the last piece of pie
Wide-eyed looks continued
on quest for cookies spicy ginger sweet
shaped like dolls
Arms outstretched
as if seeking hugs
with red hots for buttons
raisins for eyes
and frosted messy smiles
Laughter jolly rolled easily
Off tummies full and round
out in yonder yard along
picket fence stood strong
Lent support to
Berry-less blackberry branches
turned wiley thicket
during winter’s spell
A bird feeder danced
whirling easily
to and fro from fruitless branches of an apple tree
its harvest a recent memory
like a lovelorn dirvish
in chilly northerly breeze
A cardinal darted
back and forth to and fro
Feathered wing
spanned wide
in less time it took
to breathe a breath of awe
Gathered feast in bursting beak he lifted quickly
to sky with seed swag .
Yonder stood
a snowball man
One-two-three globes atop each other capped off by
Borrowed woolen hat
and eyes
of chipped up charcoal
Gazing into forest where
Reindeer wait to frolic pulling sleigh hoping this time would last forever.
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