Don't Let Me Forget
On the eve of a Christmas past
I would settle to sleep at last
Magical wonders filling my head
Imagining fantasies on my bed
Thinking of Bethlehem years before
Bringing to my Christmas all the more
Excitement and majesty in legend and lore
On the eve of Christmas now
I have somehow forgotten to bow
Forgotten to gaze on that manger bed
Remembering not His tiny head
Had only rough hay for a pillow that night
And only the stars to shed any light
Pillows have I and lights to spare
Perhaps they make me forget him there
He came to die and gave His all
But humbled Himself to a cattle stall
Willing to suffer because if my sin
All the time waiting to take me in
Don't let me forget-remind me once more
Let me be awestruck just as before
With richer meaning this year I pray
Let me be most thankful on Christmas Day
Not for my presents or parents or friends
But for the joy His first Advent lends
The wonder that I as a child first knew
Bring back to this year carried by You
Your Presence the reason for happy tears
As days of old in other years
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