• Department Store Santa


    Alas! It is Christmas season again
    I time for shopping and a time for work
    True not all work on a holiday;
    except for me

    Every year, Every second
    I hear and speak to little children
    asking for different things,
    most wanted toys;
    except one...

    Before I hear and speak to this child
    she was at the back of the line
    waiting for her turn. Like everyone.

    However I do remember the very sentence she spoke
    That made me tear and so to this affected near me.

    I asked her what she wanted as the usual question
    and she replied shyly.
    "I wish for a Christmas tree" Was all she spoke

    I could not speak at that moment.
    For all of the children whom asked for playthings,
    only one asked for a simple ornament.
    I wanted to ask the child, but the way I saw her
    glistening, innocent eyes. Those made me sad in
    my inner self.