A Different Christmas Poem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,

 

 

 

I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.

 

 

 

My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,

 

 

 

My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

 

 

 

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,

 

 

 

Transforming the yard to a winter delight.

 

 

 

The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,

 

 

 

Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

 

 

 

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,

 

 

 

Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.

 

 

 

In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,

 

 

 

So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sound wasnÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t loud, and it wasnÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t too near,

 

 

 

But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.

 

 

 

Perhaps just a cough, I didnÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t quite know, Then the

 

 

 

sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

 

 

 

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,

 

 

 

And I crept to the door just to see who was near.

 

 

 

Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,

 

 

 

A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,

 

 

 

Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.

 

 

 

Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,

 

 

 

Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

 

 

 

ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅWhat are you doing?ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

Hmm this poem leaves me puzzled since it says your from Australia.

 

 

 

Great poem though

I am :P Still a good poem though

This is more than a good poem. This is FRIGGING AMAZING!!! It brough shivers to my spine, I really felt it, the rhyme and rhythm are simply perfect. Can't say how good it is, but I love it. It blew me away!!! =D> =D> =D> :-s :-s =D>