Christmas Past

May you find peace and love 
May your days be filled with the company of friends
People that truly care and are there for you
May you be a blessing and not a curse
Finding the path behind you better 
Than when you first walked there
It is a path full of twists and turns
oF up hills and down hills
Of many smiles and many tears
Christmas times in the past
Filled with people no longer here
I find myself lost in reverie these days
Is it a sign of my age or the times?
It seems to me I have had to say goodbye
Too many times and way ahead of time
That heaven has to be a happy place 
With all the great souls gathered up there
I do not think they all just mill about in
Aimless voids of space
I do think that on occasion a few gather
To celebrate and rejoice in their lives
As they did down here
Spreading such wondrous love and light
That their  presence is so acutely felt
I can only presume to hope to be 
Missed as much
I can only live my life as I can
Not worrying if It is good enough 
Or not bad enough for the after life
I can only know what I believe
That I have faith in something more
That surely this life was not made
Such beauty and perfection
Such rarity and purpose
To only end in oblivion
I know the body must perish
It is a fact of nature and life
It is the way of the world
But there is more I swear
So when that time comes
I am looking up my loved dear ones
and wishing them Merry Christmas
and so glad we are all here