'What Can I Give You? ' Poem by Greg Oosterhouse

Here it is, Christmas time is nigh.
The temps are cold, and snow is falling from the sky.
People are crowding up the stores,
Looking for gizmos and gadgets galore.

Shopping for material gifts is not for me,
For such can turn into unbridled insanity.
To me you are a friend so very true.
So I wonder: 'What can I give you? '

I want to give you something with meaning,
Something from my heart is where I'm leaning.
Where can I find it? Where can it be?
Where is that special something to you from me?

Then I realise, that special something is in me,
I have already given it to you many times, you see.
It is a gift that was given to me from the Lord above.
The perfect gift for a friend like you is none other than my love!


Lord, there is none beside, nor before You.
Domine Deus, tu solus sanctus. Amen.

© Greg A. Oosterhouse,12-11-2006