Christmas trees
are everywhen.

Christmas trees,
Christmas itself,
they tie me to my roots.

They take me back to
people and places past,
to the different persons
I have been.

Christmas is a reason to be.

When I am gone
there are people who
will remember me
at Christmas.

And when they are gone
there are people who
will remember them.

A garland chain reaches
far forward as
it reaches far back.