On the
first trip to the attic, I turned the light switch on, and came back to
Christmas downstairs.
On the
second trip to the attic, I searched and searched and found two green wreaths, and
the light switch to guide me back down.
On the
third trip to the attic, to find our mother’s box: three pillows, stuffed;
two green wreaths, and the light to guide me back down.
On the
fourth trip to the attic, to see what else was there:four strings of lights,
three pillows-stuffed—two green wreaths,and the light that
guided me down.
On the
fifth trip to the attic, my legs were getting tired. Five…. Yuletide rugs…,
four strings of lights, three pillows (stuffed),two green wreaths, and
the light that guided me down.
On the
sixth trip to the attic, I spied a Walmart bag: six new ornaments, five
Yuletide rugs, four strings of lights, three pillows[stuffed], two green
wreaths, and the light that guided me down.
On the
seventh trip to the attic, I had to stop and sit. Seven breaths while resting, six new
ornaments, five…Yuletide rugs…., four strings of lights,three pillows
{stuffed}, two green wreaths, and the light that enlightened the stairs.
On the
eighth trip to the attic, I found another sack: eight strands of tinsel, seven
breaths while resting, six new ornaments, five… Yuletide rugs…. four strings of
lights, three pillows –stuffed—two green wreaths, and the light that ‘lumined
my way.
On the
ninth trip to the attic, I moved some things around: nine music boxes, eight
strands of tinsel, seven breaths while resting, six new ornaments,
five…..Yuletide rugs…… four strings of lights, three pillows [full], two green
wreaths, and the blessed light that kept me on track.
On the
tenth trip to the attic, I looked around the room: ten-year-old tree, nine
music boxes, eight strands of tinsel,
seven breaths while resting, six new ornaments, five….. Yuletide rugs…….. four
strings of lights, three pillows, stuffed; two green wreaths, and the light
that made the trips work.
On the
11th trip to the attic, my legs were crying out. 11 steps a-waiting,
10-year-old tree, nine music boxes, eight strands of tinsel, seven breaths
while resting, six new ornaments, five…. Yuletide rugs……. four strings of
lights, three pillows {stuffed}, two green wreaths, and the light shining down
from above.
[Huff,
puff, huff, puff, take a drink of water, start again.]
On the
12th trip to the attic, THIS WAS THE FINAL ONE! 12 Christmas tapes
[“[Hall-e-lu-jah!”], 11 steps a-waiting [huff, puff], 10-year-old tree [where’s
the Goodwill bag?] 9 music boxes [play them all at once!], 8 strands of tinsel,
7 deep breaths, 6 new ornaments, 5…. Yuletide rugs……. 4 strings of lights, 3
down-filled squares, 2 green wreaths……….AND THE LIGHT JESUS GIVES TO US ALL.
May
your Christmas day be full of blessings.
2 comments:
Nice. I still wish you had sung this at our meeting in the library for CAW!
Clever with a nice final thought!
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