Santa's Gift

Santa's Gift

by Bud Lemire on Dec 19, 2006

Silence throughout the Tower on this Christmas Eve

A magical time for those who believe

Santa Claus was coming, we’re on his list

After all this is the Tower, so how could he miss

All residents snuggled away in their beds

Except for a few of those wandering heads

Excited and restless, of what the day will bring

All through the halls, you can hear them sing

Santa landed his reindeers on the roof, the sky was clear

Telling them he had gifts to deliver, so wait right here

He called to his elves, Len, Steve, & Mark

As he glanced South-East, towards Ludington Park

He handed each of them, a heavy sack

Told them to empty each, before coming back

“It’s important each resident, receive these tonight”

“To fill their souls with hope, and spiritual light”

The elves were busy, delivering gifts to each door

Seemed like forever, until there was no more

The sacks got much lighter, and their speed picked up

Steve wondered “Is one present really enough?”

Santa’s voice was loud, “a present filled with hopes and dreams”

“It may seem so little, but it’s more than it seems”

“For everyone needs this, to help them move on”

“To finish life’s journey, that they are upon”

Len wondered, “What could it be?”

“Inside each gift, that held such a key”

Santa again, “It’s a special gift I deliver to each”

“When life seems so lonely, with friends out of reach”

“The Angels have blessed them, and they’ve told me”

“These presents hold more, than what you expect them to be”

Mark didn’t understand, what Santa was saying

Until later on he heard one resident praying

“Dear Lord, I can’t go on, I’m tired of giving”

“I haven’t a family, my friends have all stopped living”

“I’m so lonely, this time of year”

Mark listened, Trying to hold back a tear

As he placed the present, and shut the door

He thought of the many, who have nothing to live for

He wondered what it would take, to give them hope

To help them through life, and help them to cope

Then he got home, with a gift with his name

After unwrapping it, he didn’t feel quite the same

He felt peace in his heart, he felt love in his soul

He thought it was empty, but that wasn’t so

He realized Santa’s Gift, that comes around each year

Was so powerful with its Christmas cheer

It was a happy time, this Christmas day

When the love arrived, on Santa’s red sleigh

Merry Christmas to all my friends