Taking Down the Christmas Tree

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    • wheelsal
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    Taking Down the Christmas Tree

     Memories always hold my glow
    staring out the window
    at darkness, somber solace
    and sun in winter solstice.
    In the midst of lighted snow
    I watch the blizzards blow.
    I nestle warm under angels,
    cymbals, harps and bangles.
    My ornaments, now boxed away,
    stored for another day
    wait to color next year
    and snowflakes strain to hear
    carols.  Branches hold the  creche
    while my star will top and bless
    new memories that light the air.
    Swaddle me. I am no longer bare.

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    ginga commented on Taking Down the Christmas Tree

    01-18-2011

    wheelsal, Such lovely remininces of that task that feels regretful, dismantling all the beautiful decorations that took so long to assemble oh so carefully. ginga
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    HarverTomsson commented on Taking Down the Christmas Tree

    01-14-2011

    That bubble plastic makes good swaddling, too! I liked his sentimental look back. Harv
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    wheelsal

    01/14/2011

    Why didn't I think of that?

    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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