Wishes and Dreams

I am dreaming of the way I felt
as a child on christmas morning
my sisters and I knew there would be
gifts under our christmas tree
we knew santa would come
we always put cookies and milk under the tree for him
and in the morning found them gone but for the crumbs
after the excitement of christmas eve we finally fell asleep
awakening early unable to curb our growing excitement
we gathered at the top of the stairs where at the right moment
janny and nedy and I were released
we came down the stairs with great anticipation
our eyes were filled with two huge gray and blue balls
that seemed to sparkle against the christmas lights
we were delighted and played with them all day
there were other gifts for everyone as well
but the best gifts of all
for these happy children
were that early in life they learned
that wishes and dreams can come true
gifts that have lasted us our lifetimes