A CHRISTMAS TREE MY DOG AND ME

Sitting last Christmas Eve by the fire place pondering on Christmas past

 

A CHRISTMAS TREE  MY DOG
AND ME


THE LITES ARE LIT,
UPON THE TREE.
A CRACKLING FIRE,
WARMS MY DOG AND ME.

IT SEEMS SUCH A TASK,
NOW AS I PONDER.
ALL THE WONDERS
OF MY CHRISTMAS PAST.

FOR WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
WHAT A THRILL FOR ME .
WATCHING LITES STRUNG
ON A 6 FT CHRISTMAS TREE

I WAS ALWAYS WORRIED,
COULD SANTA FIND OUR HOUSE?.
THERE NOT BEING A CHIMNEY,
ANYWHERE THERE ABOUTS.

IT WAS SO VERY
HARD TO SLEEP.
WAKING EVERY HR.
WANTING TO SNEAK A PEEK.

MORNING CAME EARLY
ON THOSE CHRISTMAS DAYS.
WAS HARD TO KEEP
A KID LIKE ME AT BAY.

DOWN THE STAIRS
I WOULD RUN.
DID SANTA BRING ME
TOYS AND FUN?

SO MANY TOYS
THAT I WOULD SEE.
OH WHAT ONE DID
SANTA LEAVE FOR ME?!!!

MAYBE A WOODEN TRAIN
WITH WOODEN WHEELS.
WISH I COULD I TELL YOU
HOW HAPPY THAT MADE ME FEEL.

BUT NOW I SIT HERE
BY MY TREE.
JUST 3 FT TALL,
NOW JUST RIGHT FOR  ME.

MY MOTHER, DAD
BROTHERS TWO.
LONG AGO HAD THEIR
LAST CHRISTMAS VIEW.

MOST MY FRIENDS
HAVE PRECEEDED ME.
THEY TOO HAVE SEEN
THEIR LAST CHRISTMAS TREE.

THE LORD TOOK MY SON
THEN MY WIFE.
CHRISTMAS FOR THEM NOW
IS IN A DIFFERENT LIFE.

MEMORIES OF HER SMILE
A MISTLETOE KISS
SOMETHING NOW I
REALLY TRULY MISS .

SON'S LAUGHTER
ON CHRISTMAS MORN.
EVERY YEAR SINCE
HE WAS BORN.

HE TOO THEY SAY,
IS IN A BETTER PLACE.
HIS MEMORY NOW
MORE THAN JUST A TRACE.

MEMORIES NOW,
THEY SEEM TO BE.
THEIR THE ONLY GIFTS
UNDER MY CHRISTMAS TREE.

AS I SIT AND PONDER
MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS PAST.
THANK YOU LORD FOR MAKING THEM

A THING THAT ALWAYS LAST

ANOTHER YEAR I
HOPE THERE BE.
A CHRISTMAS TREE
MY DOG AND ME.

TK

Author's Note

ALL COMMENTS WELCOME ON THIS, MY OWN CHRISTMAS CAROLE

Reviews

[WordShifter]

It's beautiful that you can write your heartfelt thoughts down in a beautiful poem, I pray it brings healing to you and those who can relate to it. Aloha, Ginger

[Judy Ponceby]

Beautiful and heartfelt. A very moving piece. Thank you for sharing. :)