Christmas Reflections

A CHRISTMAS POEM FROM OUR RESIDENT POET

Another Christmas insinuates itself

Into the busy lives of the disparate population

Who live on our amazing Planet.

Looking back through the Annals,

We see clearly, the way Christmas has evolved.

For many, it no longer has religious connotations.

It has become a commercial enterprise

Where trends and deadlines rule.

Yet, few would return to the Past.

But how wonderful would it be

If we could experience again,

Childlike expectations, wonder, delight,

Past simple pleasures enjoyed with Loved Ones!

If we could recapture and live the message of Peace and Joy,

To a world redeemed,

Which was celebrated long, long ago –

Not in the comforts of today’s times,

But in a lowly stable in the midst of strangers.