Ah me!
Ding-dong!
The dank of muffled bells in rain
Sharpens nostalgia for the clarity of frost:
The sense of something precious lost
Which never will come back again.
Noel!
Good news of Jesus almost drowned
Out by sleigh bells in Winter Wonderland;
The shimmering logo and the brand
Pass for the tasteful and profound.
Ah me!
Yet threadbare witness may be all
That we can offer and what he would expect;
Distracted prayers he would not reject
As earthly answers to his heavenly call.