I wish
It were Christmas
Because I love the frenzy
And excuses it brings.
It's a beautiful
Excuse to not do
The rubbish things
In life that we spend
Our lives doing.
The fairy lights
Entwined in the trees
Cross continents
With the buzz
of electricity.
I wish it were
Christmas because
It brings the beautiful
Excuse to love
Extravagantly.
Just as we love
The icy daisies
Of spring I love
The warm branches
Of bare Christmas Trees
I wish it were Christmas
Because I want to
Hang the rosewood
Baubles round
And see the glitter of sequin
Bunting strung happily
About the bedrooms.
I love the beautiful
Excuses brought
In the gifts bought
And how love is sieved
Through in the snow.