will not knock me off my feet.

Fire, fear, fiends, foes

But for the grace of god I go.

Ever onward, no retreat

Head on, our fate we meet.

This spark inside steels my will

never quiet, never still.

There is no place to run and hide

from the fire that burns inside.

Peace, justice, brotherhood

a champion of all that’s good.

So it is I say to you

this spark does burn inside you too!

Go you forth into the gathering gloom

And let your spark light the room.

That spark of kindness, hope and love

Will lead us onward and above.

For fire, fear, fiends and foes

Cannot withstand the spark’s bright glow.

Go you now among your kin

And spread the light that glows within.

The sparks grows stronger when it’s shared

Give of it freely to drown despair.

This doggerel’s bad, I know it’s true

But it’s my Christmas gift from me to you.

Merry Christmas 2005,

George C. Anderson Jr.