Christmas Memento

I hold a treasure in my heart
Content to feel again
I rest
From truth I never will depart:
This love erases pain
I'm blessed

For truth heals all without reward
And joy unfolds in mirth
So cease
All darkness, flee before the Lord
Triumphant in his birth
For peace.



postscript
For day 25 of --the memento--usually written to celebrate events, with a rhyme scheme of abcabc and syllabic count of 8,6,2,8,6,2.