Dear Santa - My Christmas Wish Poem by Michael Hunter

Dear Santa

All I want for Christmas is to see the twenty-fifth.
If I'm being really honest, it's my biggest Christmas wish!

The Mayans and the Hopis all predict our end is near,
They have made my season, so far, quite devoid of Christmas cheer!

If I could have my heart's wish, and have it truly come to pass,
The world would keep on turning through its celestial, star-filled path!

Mankind would end its fighting and its cruelness to our earth,
And find some way in daily life to put each other first!

We'd set aside our differences, and all our cults and creeds,
And focus on the surest way to relieve the world's needs!

We'd make sure every baby, every child, and every man
Was honored and respected in every culture ‘cross the land!

But if it's true, and life will end as ancient people said,
And all of this won't come to pass because we'll all be dead,

Then there's no harm in starting NOW and doing what we can,
To help improve the earth and skies and love our fellow man!

For just one day, and then the next, and so forth, on and on,
If we can love our earth and kin, a whole new world will dawn!

So Santa, maybe I misspoke on what my wish would be.
I'd rather have a peace-filled world and have it start with me!


Peace on earth, good will to men.


© 2012 Michael Hunter