CHRISTMAS TIME
No sooner summer's end
than supermarkets fill their shelves
with tempters for the Christmas spend.
Civic authorities string up lights
to glimmer through the gloom
of foggy mid-November nights.
Children open advent doors
in calendars revealing scenes
of cribs and candles and Santa Claus.
With the first of the season's pantomimes
or the knocking of the carollers;
Christmas begins at different times.
But the time that Christmas truly starts
is when we open up our selves,
allowing Christmas to invade our hearts..
© GERALD ENGLAND
Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 14th November 1987
Publications
1988 The Third Half (UK)
2000 Breathe (UK)
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