<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548432" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Christmas (A Sestina)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Christmas is here, Jesus to the world brought peace <br>Everyone is rested as kids spend time with family <br>Kitchens are ablaze, wives creating good ol’ soul-food <br>Leslie and Destra, await their turn, under the mistletoe <br>Love is burning bright, outshining the fireplace <br>And playing kids fill the house with laughter </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Worries are swept away, sadness replaced by laughter <br>As love flies through the air, enemies make peace <br>Whilst sweet carols are sung by the fireplace <br>We thank God for the greatest gift of family <br>As grandma and grandpa steal a kiss, under the mistletoe <br>My tummy just yelled: where is my soul-food? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Memories to the tongue, grandma’s special soul-food <br>Don’t know how, but to my tongue, it brings laughter. <br>Grandma and Grandpa are still under the mistletoe <br>Showing love so ancient, a picture of heaven’s peace <br>They are the beginning and measure of our family <br>Captured purely in pictures taken by the fireplace </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Love bubbles deep within, and around the fireplace <br>As its oil fuses with the spice of Grandma’s soul-food. <br>Moriah, the youngest; four weeks added to the family <br>Her little eyes sparkle, her little face filled with laughter <br>Looking at her, so lovely, One is taken into peace <br>In times coming soon, her place would be the mistletoe </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her's would be lovely and her destiny the mistletoe <br>And she too, someday would have her own fireplace <br>As she grows to celebrate and cherish Christmas peace, <br>She would learn from Grandma, how to craft soul-food <br>Her kids would fill the house solely with laughter <br>As one day, she would have her a family </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fresh out the womb, Moriah completes the family <br>Even as Grandma and her boo are still by the mistletoe <br>Their love brings to the heart tears and laughter <br>Treasures of joy. Now we depart from the fireplace <br>To the table to dive into some soul-food <br>That the wives had made in love, and peace. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thank God for family! Gazing at the fireplace <br>And the mistletoe, loving me some soul-food <br>That sets my tongue on laughter, I thank God for peace. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright © 2009 Leslie Alexis</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Leslie+Alexis">Leslie Alexis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548432" data-title="Christmas (A Sestina) de Leslie Alexis" data-description="Christmas is here, Jesus to the world brought peace Everyone is rested as kids spend time with family Kitchens are ablaze, wives creating good ol’ soul-food Leslie and Destra, await their turn, under the mistletoe Love is burning bright, out..."></div> </div> </div>

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