Lost Christmas Child

(Part II)  by Felix L. Perry

His footsteps soon began to falter

He fell and rose time and again

Then darkness fell like an omen

The child now cried in vain

There was no one there to guide him

Lost he finally huddled neath a tree

Little arms clutching the teddy bears

Pretending he was safe on mother’s knee

Exhausted sleep soon stopped his shivers

Dreamt of angels taking him back home

First they took him to see the new born King

The child no longer was no longer alone

When the boy had been discovered missing

The alarm was rang in the church belfry

The search party quickly gathered

To find the child they had to try

All night they searched for him in vain

Close to morning hope began to fade

No one could survive the bitter cold

The child a new-born Angel would be made

Then a cry echoed through the North Woods

The child snuggled still soft asleep

 In the snow beside him the image of a deer

 A miracle warmth the child did keep

And in the child’s arms not two but one

Fuzzy little teddy bears were clasped

Perhaps he lost the other on his way

Or perhaps in another baby arms it’s grasped.

The End