Christmas lies in the mind of a dreaming

Child,

Magic slips away just as the little boy

And girl, fade.

Remember walking through the snow

Long ago?

A mother and father were ours to hold

Forever in time.

Close your eyes and see all that Winter

Has created,

Imagine the true gift of memory in

Your heart, this December.

When the cold wind blows, feel

Yesterday, young in your shoes,

Santa flying through the sky with

Eight tiny reindeer, remember?

Safe was the home where you

Climbed into bed on Christmas

Eve,

The snow would fall as you drifted

Off to sleep, waiting for dreams.

December reminds you of all that

Was possible, that still survives,

Dreams’ the one that feels the

Vanishing child, but not on this

Night.

December dreams keep the young

Wishing upon a star so bright,

Do you remember a night, a time,

A Christmas when dreams lived

A small boy again walks in the snow,

For a little girl, a doll wished for long

Ago.

Merry Christmas, Keith Garrett