The Snow Came Down

It has been a tradition of mine for many years to write at least one Christmas poem each year, and this year I have once again kept that tradition. Unfortunately I've had to post it a little bit late as I finished it up late, but I do hope you enjoy! This year, it's a little different than my traditional poem, which focuses more clearly on the nativity story, but it still has its Christmas focus. Merry belated Christmas, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating the birth of our Savior!

"May the One who ignited the Star over Bethlehem ever light your way."

- "Snowglobe," by Theocracy.

- Auriel Martin

The Snow Came Down

The snow came down

On a Christmas night

As a little girl watched

Eyes wide with delight

She was then only ten

And the wonder had not gone

She stood at the window

As the snow danced on.

The snow came down

She sat by the fire

Reading the Story

With her brother beside her

Though this night was the twelfth

Of the Christmases she knew

The Story still filled her

With joy of the truth.

The snow came down

Like the tears on her face

Her brother is gone

She knows not to what place

Her joy has faded

For a first Christmas day

She feels abandoned

Alone and betrayed.

The snow came down

And the girl is gone

Her brother watches it fall

This time, alone

Tears roll down his cheeks

As he hopes and he prays

That she will return,

Come home someday.

The snow came down

As the young girl watched

She is a different girl now

But no longer lost

The miracle of Christmas

Brings her to her knees

She knows who she was,

And who set her free.

The snow came down

Night of Emmanuel’s birth

The One and only savior

Born to die for us on earth

Wonder fills her heart

Like never before

The girl is in tears

For the gift of her Lord.