Christmas-presents!

 Christmas-“presents”!

 

Innocence-birth in peaceful rustic stable

Jesus setting His Communion altar-table

 

Mary! with Joseph! & the-good Shepherd-boy!

Celebrate His Salvation-offering comfort-Joy!

 

Snow-white fluff sparkle-soft to choreograph-glisten

For presents of Christmas-Love angel-children listen

 

Sacred-solemn worship-place at holy Midnight-mass

Cherubim & Seraphim Angelic-sing of heaven-class

 

Jesus-adoration! Faithful-adulation!

Redemption-Salvation calculation!

 

Frigid icicle silver-sparkle sunshine pristine gleam

Evergreen ornament borns Christmas secret-dream

 

Red be bright-color announcing ole Santa Claus

White “Virgin”-pure blaze blizzard-swirl a pause

Blue-soft comfort-warm Christian-heart it thaws

 

God Love! Jesus Blessing! Holy Spirit Grace!

Peace-on His-earth! Reconcile celestial place!

 

A once-told Christmas tale: I ventured to the blue Pacific overlook

in search for respite-Peace! An old man entered my reverie deceiving

a-purposed focus in slight annoyance. He smiled bright-blue twinkle-

eyes staring beyond the far horizon like he could “see”. In yon soft

Angelic tones he soothed me spirit in Christmas-Christian Peace!

“I come here often-enough; alone forever, now. But---Ah! Once.... I

reveled in the holiday spirit-season as a child, then a loving husband

become devoted father to an adoring tribe…” He smiled a tear away.

“Oh! ’Tis purely true! I played at ole Santa Claus!---It’s he…I am!

Was special! Each Christmas-Peace!---Each single day!...All life!

Jesus’ Blessings! Exceedingly! Each Christmas greater than the last!

Kinfolk! Myriad friends! Acquaintances! The feast! Christmas ‘presents’!

Yes! Lord!---Was ‘that’ precisely the very ‘Best’!...Christmas ‘presence’!

Would that I might live such Christian-generous Love---each day…all year!”

He faded off somehow---left me Love-“fulfilled”…and, then, I prayed “Life”!

 

Amen!

 

Merry Christmas! (presence)!     holy-Love! & sacred-Peace!        Candy & Carl (2022)