T'was the Night Before Christmas

The Silence of the night

Has, many voices

The night before

Has, many days.

When the lab’s ears

Have flopped shut

And the cat’s

Meow is a purr

The dark landscape

Is a tumult~

Of houses and hills,

Of vacant roads

And snow-flakes in still.

Merry Christmas to all

All will be well!

When lights are dimmed

And life dreams

Of elves and sleighs

Of cookies and milk

A painful cry leaves

An ache in its wake

And the bleary eyes

Shake off the fog.

The need is great!

Beneath bright lights

The watchful eye

Governs the landscape,

Ache is identified

And the pain is released.

The eye discerns

as the ears monitor

and the brain weighs

All is well.

Merry Christmas

You will be well!

The doctor reaches

To leave and catch a wink

But the morning

Has broken.

More lives need a rescue,

More hearts need a mend

The Night is not yet done

Humanity still needs a link.

Merry Christmas to all

All will be well!