Gingerbread Tree

And what is it you see by the Christmas light?

…homemade cookies

…one long-ago night

…a toy, a memory, a look of delight?

Aromas and music whose richness you love

Or hopes for world peace, settling gentle as doves …

Whatever the echo or dream you hold fast 

May it feed and sustain you, long may it last 

as a jewel still shining when Christmas is past.

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Photo © 1997 Chuck Pefley | Verse © 1997 Penny Pefley