Christmas spirit, where have you disappeared to?
I remember as a child
Awaiting the day
With so much delight and excitement within my heart
The night before
Sneaking outside to leave a few carrots for the reindeer,
A special plate of biscuits left
Beside the Christmas tree
For dear Santa Clause
And making a bet
With my best friend
Protesting that Father Christmas was real
And that I'd stay up until 12
To see the red cloak
Come to sight
However,
To my dismay
I could not stay up so late
And so I awoke
Alas, not beside the Christmas tree
Where I fell asleep
In sweet reverie
No, in my bed
With a million
Dazzling thoughts
Running through my head

And then a thought
Today was Christmas
And Santa obviously would've come
And so I rushed
Rushed to my precious green tree
To find presents just for me
And I'd unwrap
Without a glance at the card
Seeing my mother's gaze
And her sweet smile
As I giggled at the gifts
Like a giddy clown

Excitement
Chatter
Joy and love
These are the perfect words
I remember
Of the Christmas
I once knew and loved

But, now the reverie has seemed to pass
Where's the Christmas spirit gone?
For now I am an adult
and I must behave like one
"You can't believe in such foolery anymore, young one"

Christmas used to be exciting
Something I'd look forward to all year
However, now I sit with the memory etched in mind
And I wonder
What on earth has become of the Christmas cheer?
For now I sit at family gatherings
Eat, drink and-
And
And
that's it.

I miss my childhood
Where I believed in everything
Myths were real
And the stars knew everything
They knew it all
I believed in the second star to the right
In magic and in flight

But for now I sit
And I ponder about
The long forgotten Christmas spirit.