CHRISTMAS 2003
Blanket of snow
Covers the earth
Pristine silence runs deep.
I'm all alone
Within my thoughts
My heart is free to go.
Oh Night of Nights
Our Savior is born
In a lowly stable forlorn.
With Peace on the Earth
Good Will Towards Men
We repeat the adage again.
Off in the distance
A soldier remembers
Ghosts of Christmas before.
Alone with his thoughts
Yearning for home
Simple pleasures that have passed.
If he does his job
Gets through the day
Tomorrow will certainly be better.
His family keeps a vigil
On this Christmas night
Nothing remains the same.
The best Christmas present
Cannot be bought
Soldiers returning home.
So for now we pray
We live in hope
For another Christmas Day.