Christmas Eve
feeling
overwhelmed
Christmas Eve
why is everyone
so far away?
Christmas Eve
baking another apple pie
alone
Christmas Eve
when will this all
be over?
Christmas Eve
why has all the snow
already melted?
Christmas Eve
another 14 miles
to go
Christmas Eve
the house where i grew up
who’s living there now?
Christmas Eve
hearing my father singing
jing-ku-pah
Christmas Eve
standing in front of the tree
holding sparklers
Christmas Eve
mom and pop and lee and me
all together again
Christmas Eve
enjoying the memories
that’s all
Christmas Eve
the lights on the tree twinkling
....twinkling
Christmas Eve
schnitzel and potato salad
and split pea soup
Christmas Eve
oohing and aahing
opening presents
Christmas Eve
wrote fifteen poems
some sad, some happy
Christmas Eve
wrote sixteen poems
by candle light
ho - ho - ho
and ho
that’s it!
