Christmas Wishes

Christmas Wishes (2007)

I wish I was a musician to give you a song of Christmas
No, no, I wish I was the music!
I would be a perfectly tuned violin string
Vibrating with faultless pitch making you feel Christmas

I wish I was the wind that might have blown
Across the holy child that evening
That solo chance, one moment in time
In which I could have touched his tender face, just once

I wish I was all the good intentions that were wrapped
Gifted into each carefully chosen package
The ones intended for the children, the good little children
And then I could sense the essence of Christmas again

I wish I could give you a ray of light from a stained glass window
You could keep it in your wallet all year
And remember Christmas, be aware of it there with you
And know it like joy that keeps vibrant even when silent.

And I wish I was an antique hand-carved wooden creche
That was scented of old wood oils and sweat and care
And was kept in the closet all the year long until December
When the family would fondly remember Grandfather’s faith

I wish to say a prayer for you this Christmas season
That makes you remember that its more than plastic and glitz
So you can feel Christmas, really grasp it, moving, coming alive
Because that it what it should become to us.