What I want for Christmas…

…is all I’ve ever hear children saying

I mean I thought this was a season for giving

Not expecting, receiving, or requesting…

Then I wonder if it is season for sharing and caring

Why does it only last but a season; is my inclination

Instead sublime euphoric euphemisms a façade passed in conversation while standing in line to get that gift; for the type of “present”

they want; “future” generations never the true meaning to be taught

To give; those in plain sight; those whom have a plight

not only the ones we adore deserves the gift;

as you sift through stores, online, in lines we fight

never once teaching our children what’s right; giving is divine

especially giving of yourself; without expectation

of  waiting for reciprocation of something in kind.

This is what I had in mind; instead of cutting short the phrase

“What do you want for Christmas?” finish this statement

With “…to give?” and start new trends; old one erase.

Then maybe spirituality may begin to ferment.

I know, I know, the arguments will rage on

About politics, human nature, and so on and so on

But what do we got to loose if you choose to make the change

Even if this piece is a lil idealistic, my faith still remains the same

Instead of asking our children what they want for Christmas

Ask them what to give for Christmas; to become selfless

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

- Winston Churchill