Christmas With Linda. Poem by Kevin East

On Christmas morning
Once lit by dawning
I'd kiss her
Through frosted window pane.
Watching
Pure beauty laughing
As snowflakes tickled her nose.
Way before my dreams had froze.
Someone sent her in ribbons and bows.
As Santa Claus
Had read my mind again.
Her eyes
My Christmas lights.
Her lips
To thaw my nights.
Would Yuletide bliss
Knock on my door again?

Holding hands to church
Fervantly
I would pray
To silent music
She would sway.
And our hearts danced together
Beating free of pain.
Our families past and present
Would sit in joy again.
Candles would be lit
Like promises of an astral plane.
A crackling festive spirit
As magical incense
filled the air.
I'd chase her
And embrace her.
Singing carols in duet.
There,
Our sunset
Of emotions free to roam.
As I carry her back home.
She would say
Don't forget
I love you Kevin.
In her red woolly hat
- A set
With matching mitten.
I would blow an iced kiss
Heaven bound
As I lay smitten,
Way above to my Lord.
With angel harp sound.
My first Christmas with Linda
Soared
High above the ground.
To strike that chord
First played
By Kind David
As a love song
To our maker.
Christmas without Linda
The ultimate
Heartbreaker.

Please
Never to say goodbye.
Let us gather again
And sigh.
By mass at midnight.
With vows by lovelight.
We will cry.
Christmas with Linda
Forever warmed our souls
That now will always fly.
Above volcanic coals
To plunge
The depths of all oceans.
And glide
Together through coloured shoals.