Bougainvillea leaves bear the Christmas colors cradling the flower inside.
Some feel they are too plentiful, but can such color ever be too much?
The Japanese nurture them as Bonsai
If the snow gets too deep let us know. We can escape to our flat in Jamaica. Lots of Bougainvillea there too.
Christmas is a holiday for friends,
However they may be, or not, related.
Remember that the Three Wise Kings were strangers
In search of one remote, uncanny dream
So may we all be far more than we seem,
Together bound for dark and haunting changes,
Lovelier for the loves we have created
Along the lonely paths from means to ends,
Stumbling towards that Star of Bethlehem!
2009
