Christmas
Every time a hand reaches out
To help another....that is Christmas
Every time someone puts anger aside
And strives for understanding
That is Christmas
Every time people forget their differences
And realize their love for each other
That is Christmas
May this Christmas bring us
Closer to the spirit of human understanding
Closer to the blessing of peace!
~Anonymous
Poetry By Carolyn Chilton Casas
Winter
Every year as we enter
those crusty, frost covered mornings
and evenings that turn dark
way too soon,
don’t you want to go back,
or hurry through
this barren landscape
of longing?
Don’t you imagine it improbable
that spring will return on time
like they say it always has?
What gets us through
the ice blue shadows
where our comforts
are short-lived and transient?
Could it be the coming of dusk
as we gaze at the horizon
soaking in the last drop
of carroty light?
~ Carolyn Chilton Casas
About Carolyn
Carolyn Chilton Casas lives on the central coast of California, the perfect landscape for a love of hiking and playing beach volleyball. She is a Reiki master and teacher whose favorite theme for writing is about ways to heal. Her stories and poems have appeared in Braided Way, Energy, A Network for Grateful Living, Odyssey, Reiki News Magazine, Touch, and in other publications. You can read more of Carolyn’s work on Facebook, on Instagram at mindfulpoet_, or in her first collection of poems titled Our Shared Breath.