Christmas

 The prompt for Palavras Aladas - Winged Words is Christmas 

Christmas

I string words like stars
decorating a Christmas tree.
Stars like poets gathered
around a table and beyond,
creating garlands
of poems of beauty, of wisdom,
of lyrics that sing.

The world needs poems,
and the spirit of Christmas,
for it has lost its soul,
its sorrow bleeding through us.
So we stitch its wounds,
set up trees with flickering lights,
and sing our carols.

We toast to the planting
of seeds of joy,
of seeds of renewal
We gather
and celebrate
to create peace
from shreds of fabric
and wish each other
a very Merry Christmas.

Then we let our small lights
rise together
slowly
softly
into a new constellation
of hope.

A Merry Christmas to everyone

Marja ❤️