THE CHRISTMAS GIFT...
WELL HERE IT IS ALMOST CHRISTMAS TIME,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GET FOR MY WIFE,
WE CAN'T AFFORD HARDLY NOTHING AT ALL,
BUT STILL I WANT TO GET HER SOMETHING,
EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING SMALL!
IT'S BEEN A BAD YEAR, I LOST MY JOB,
THE BABY GOT SICK, AND ALL SHE DID WAS SOB!
OUR CHILD DIED ON THAT DAY IN JULY,
IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW WE WANTED TO DIE!
MAYBE I CAN MAKE HER SOMETHING WITH MY HANDS,
SHE USE TO LOVE IT WHEN I CARVED FROM THE LAND!
MAYBE I COULD SELL MY TOOLS TO BUY HER A GOLDEN RING,
MAYBE SHE'D LIKE SOME FRILLY LITTLE THING!
WHATEVER I GIVE HER IT COULDN'T BE ENOUGH,
SHE'S STOOD BESIDE ME EVEN WHEN THINGS GOT ROUGH!
HERE IT IS ALMOST CHRISTMAS TIME EVERYTHING I COULD AFFORD TO GIVE HER,
IS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE LINE!
SO I TAKE A LITTLE WALK OUT IN THE COUNTRY SIDE,
THINKING OF WHAT TO GET FOR MY LOVELY LITTLE BRIDE,
WHEN I CAME ACROSS A STRANGE PIECE OF WOOD,
I COULDN'T HELP BUT TO GET, I STILL MISUNDERSTOOD!
SO I TOOK IT HOME AND PLACED IT ON THE TABLE,
THINKING WHAT WAS I GOING TO MAKE, NOTHING CAME TO ME,
BUT I KNEW I WAS ABLE!
SO I STARTED CARVING, AWAY I DID WIDDLE,
NOT KNOWING FOR A MOMENT WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE,
NOT EVEN A LITTLE!
BEFORE TO LONG, IN NO TIME AT ALL,
MY MASTER PIECE WAS DONE,
A TEAR STARTED TO FALL!
GOD MUST HAVE TAKEN OVER,
CAUSE REMEMBER I DO NOT,
HOW I CARVED SUCH A BEAUTY,
FROM THIS VACANT LITTLE LOT!
SO I PUT IT IN A BOX,
WRAPPED IT BEST I COULD,
I NOW KNEW WHAT GOD WAS DOING,
I NOW UNDERSTOOD!
WELL HERE IT IS CHRISTMAS MORNING AS WE SIT BY THE TREE,
I LOOKED AT HER, AND SHE LOOKED AT ME!
I GAVE HER A HUG, AND A SIMPLE LITTLE KISS,
SHE OPENED UP HER PRESENT, AND CRIED WITH BLISS!
YOU SEE GOD TOOK OVER AND CHIPPED AWAY AT THAT STRANGE PIECE OF WOOD THAT I FOUND ON THAT DAY!
IT WAS A MOTHER AND CHILD THAT WAS CARVED FROM THE LAND,
AND IT MEANT MORE TO HER THAN ANY GOLDEN BAND!
CHALLENGE -REVERSE CHARACTERS
HOST-DOC-DYR
By wendy moon
© 2009 wendy moon
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