Before I was born I could not see
but after which I came to be
I came to see but in a different way
and then I learned to play

With scuffed knees from crawling
after which, I learned to walk a bit
and when I fell down I got back up
learned to run, quicker, quicker I went

And since it seemed that time flies
with no more soothing lullabies
no more sounds of a babies cries
after another grows up and the goodbyes

I started thinking about the music played
and how it couldn't have happened without
one angel two angel three angel four
onward cupid and blitzen and many more

and if it's Christmas time you seek
and for your innocence to keep
if growing older seems a bore
just remember we've all been here before

and just like that there will come a day
another amazing to be born again day
just like the first and onward still live and love
have your fill, and when the music settles in

when it settles down and when
you can catch your breath and settle in
then you'll know once again
why we choose to begin again

Well, as for me, I'm older than eternity
yet while in a man through whom I see
I see beauty, love, and many things to be
Life, dancing, music and art, even being free.

© J.P Belt