Nice, but waaaaaay to long [:D]
-Aries
Energy Balls for Christmas by Ybom
It's Christmas Eve 'round midnight cheer,
I gloomily watch the clock tick near.
It's getting close to time for him...
For Santa to fly down with his red suit and trim.
I see those deer and sleigh in my mind's clear eye,
just leaving the pole and their first stop Raleigh!
Whisk away he does in his shiny red sleigh,
I hope he comes here soon with many toys I can play!
But then *foosh* sounds the wind and in fly some white sheet ghosts
Out from nowhere they come and dance around my bedposts!
Shoo I say and I then clairvoyantly a vision see
They're not here for bad but to chisten the new day and toast with me!
I smile widely and run around and down the halls
The dead children follow, we're having a ball!
I feel them prancing, floating, wobbling about
It feels so eerie but that's no reason to freak out.
Yes, play we do, but then Big Red comes on by,
finally sleighsteps are heard and listen I try.
The ghosts seem eager as well for some fancy unknown reason
but to the chimney they fly without a hint of red treason.
The big jolly guy comes down with a boastful "HO HO HO!...
Merry Christmas to all! Where are the cookies and milk!" he bellows!
He looks around to see wading spirits by the fire
Startled not he is, but eager for cookies and giving is his desire.
He picks up a small delicate pastry off a tray, says he...
"Be patient young ones, and do not flee!"
He gulps it down and with no prespiration
In his hand a ball of blue forms out of nowhere, from no location!
He hands it to the smallest one with a big jolly chortle,
And quickly he withdrew to form another energy portal.
He handed a new one to the next in line with no glint of fear
This scene was so amazing, so quiet and sincere!
He quickly finished up and in awe I stood
I had stilled and gawked too much for my own good!
I sat down on the couch with a smile in my mind,
he came up, tossed my hair from behind.
I stood up and greeted the jolly round man with a glance
He took my hand and made his advance...
"Your gift is great, far greater than theirs
My gift for you was to answer your prayers!"
With that he zoomed around the room with a flash
A blur to be not seen but neither did he crash.
The stockings he filled and downed the rest of his meal
I sat back down and cried; I didn't know how to feel.
The ghosts gathered round and dimly they faded,
off the chimney Santa flew, his leaving I hated.
I smiled widely and went back to sleep on the couch,
Closing my eyes and laying down without a slouch.
The next morning I awoke to freshly laid snow,
but behold my parents awoke and came down with a glow!
The ghosts had used their gifts not for pleasure,
but for a new baby boy for mister and misses to treasure.
With that I gasped in amazement
I now cherished my night with the vagrants!
From then on I saw, no matter what, a new day ahead
I always remembered the light that this day had shed!
Good tidings to all, I give thanks with much cheer
Have a very Merry Christmas and the Bestest Best New Year!