Christmas Lights

I like Christmas lights,
yes, I like them a lot,
but when putting them up,
oh how I like them not.
They get tangled and mangled
and all sorts of intertwined,
making them straight again
always boggles my mind.
I like seeing my neighbors’ lights,
the colors hanging on a tree,
I just don’t like putting them up,
does that make me lazy?
The lights shine bright
on cold, cold, dark days
and reflect off the snow
in ways that always amaze.
It’s like seeing the stars
floating up in the sky,
I’ve seen them before
but I stare every time, why?
Without these lights during
the darkest month of the year,
what else could provide
a similar holiday cheer?
As I look down at the box,
the whole tangled mess,
I decide I better get to work,
to help spread the Christmas-ness.