In our hearts
By: Linda Crate
all the children
with eyes
shining like ornaments
eagerly anticipating
a man in a red suit
to grant their christmas wishes,
and all the reindeer
landing on the roof and the cookies
and milk left out for santa;
every song i used to listen to
a new thing to their ears
every snowflake a promise of tomorrow—
soon christmas eve will fade away
leaving christmas behind in its wake which
will melt away like snow in spring,
but the love will remain
as it always does
in our hearts.
– linda m. crate
Academy of the Heart And Mind 