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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2014-12-17 12:27 PM

The Tree of Leaves

Before I call this day a night
Before I dim and turn out the light
I want to turn back to a dream
It was so real, or so it seemed…

For I was dressing up a tree
Or maybe it was addressing me
For it was made of pages and leaves
From many books, or so I believed…

The leaves and pages were adorned
Talked of a child who was born
And seemed to be of scripture and hymns
From which voices seemed to stem

I turned to look, then looked again
The pages made a tree of white, and then
The words came alive as if to glisten
And I leaned closer, for I wanted to listen

To the ancient tongues speak of the joy
Of the birth of this little boy
In a land so far, far away
And a star showed followers the way

And if I touched a leaf, the songs!
The voices chanting that We belong
To the Glory, and the Light
And that Faith would make things right.

And when I awoke from this dream
I held it close, or so it would seem
For I have thought of it all day
And leave it for you on which to pray.

Merry Christmas

© KRJ 12-16-14

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2014-12-17 05:14 AM

quote:
And if I touched a leaf, the songs!
The voices chanting that We belong
To the Glory, and the Light
And that Faith would make things right.

So here we have a double gift to enjoy. Your presence, dear Karilea, and the beauty of this Christmas dream of yours.

In the end it is all about LOVE. May we share it and receive it abundantly.

Much enjoyed, thank you for being here.

Merry Christmas.

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2014-12-17 07:02 AM

A Christmas offering from Karilea! Back for the Holidays! Wonderful to read you again! You have been missed, bless your heart!

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2014-12-17 07:57 AM

Excellent story/poem. I truly enjoyed this and also the fact that you are here once more. Thank you, Jo

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-12-17 09:32 AM

This poem ranks up there among the best I have ever read concerning the Christ-Child. It is an absolutely mesmerizing write!

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2014-12-17 04:45 PM

Really lovely, Karilea.

Owl

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2014-12-17 11:39 PM

Very well done, Karilea. Love the title.

Ida

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

7 posted 2014-12-18 07:00 AM

At this time of year, when I read such poems, and children are lost in school nativity plays, I find I'm so very sad at the loss of something that was once so wonderful.
Merry Christmas to you too.

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