Bear Lake at Christmas in My Youth

The sun has set
this Christmas eve
the snow & wind
howl through the trees

If we dress warm
from head to knee
chilling air won't
touch you or me

We'll walk along
these snow packed roads
through pines & birch
this mountain holds

And while the wind
will scream & blow
the dog will bark
at flakes of snow

Now we are back
near the cabin
I smell the wood
the stove's burnin'

We'll spend this night
sharing with kin
the season's Joy
that we're feelin'
 
-T. Gene Davis