Do You Hear What I Hear?

Can you hear it?
It's such a beautiful sound
like nothing I've ever heard before!

Hear what?
I don't hear anything.

The bells!
The Christmas bells
they're ringing through the whole town!

Can you see it?
It may seem to last only a short while
but it's well worth the wait.

See what?
I don't see anything.

The cheer!
The Christmas cheer
it brightens every soul around!

Can you feel it?
It can't be contained by boxes
but everyone knows how to give and recieve it.

Feel what?
I can't feel anything.

The love!
The Christmas love
you must learn to give it without strings attached.

I can't hear the bells
only the bustle of traffic and frantic shoppers.

I can't see the cheer
all I see is commercialism and the ones forgotten.

I can't feel the love
for to love is to trust and mine's been broken.

December 9, 2006