a mingled mass of light...
Your rooms overstuffed with decorations enough
to dazzle, to daze, to intimidate night.
Yet your soul shivers empty alone at the sound of your laughter, intense and contrived,
as you stifle the meaning of this Christmas day.
While a humble room a world away
sits dark and cold, yet strangely full--
A manger, a baby, God's love for His world,
has brought peace to those who remember.
