18 Days of Christmas - The Fifth Day

From now until Christmas day I am treating you to foisting upon you our collection of Christmas poems. If I made our cards that year I'll post a picture of that as well. If you missed yesterday's poem, click on the 18 Days of Christmas button in my sidebar. The way you can tell who wrote which poem is to note whose name is listed first at the end.

I take each ornament

from its box

and hang it on the tree.

The angel aunt Mary

gave me in its

special place,

Grandma Rhyne’s

old fashioned baubles glittering,

The purple bows Mike made,

“Our First Christmas,”

Each a symbol of hope

and promise

and past.

This green ritual!

This fragrant season!

I close my eyes.

Surrounded by a forest,

I imagine that God’s hand

places the ornaments with mine.

I am celebrating the birth of Jesus

with my memories.

Dana & Mike Rhyne

Christmas 1996