Renderosity Member Name: SilentBlue Word Count 526 The Perfect Time To Be Alive Christmas 1905, the perfect time to be alive Grandpa's laugh and Grandma's pies Five more miles till we get there To Grannies house, where love is shared The horse he pulls our open sled As snow swirls round and round his head The wind so crisp upon my face This magic time, this magic place We ride along snow covered trails As father tells us Christmas tales He tells us of the snowman's laugh And how the elves can find the path Mother sings a Christmas song Sister and I, we sing along The stars up in the sky shine bright All is well this Christmas night Our sled comes to a quiet stop And we jump out with just one hop Our little legs they run so fast Its Grannies house, we're here at last We rush right in, to this place of love And smile so big to great big hugs Grandpa’s laugh and Grandma's pies Christmas 1905, the perfect time to be alive Christmas 2005, the perfect time to be alive I watch the clouds as they go bye One more hour till my plane lands On distant soil, in a distant land I wonder how my brothers grown And hope he doesn't feel alone Much older now are mom and dad To hold them close, I’ll be so glad A tree that's real, that's what I want And home cooked food, not something bought Emails help to ease the pain But that’s not real, it’s not the same I know they want a grandchild or two But work is all I seem to do The world just seems to spin so fast And in a blink, time has passed To a stop I bring my rental car It's been so long, I've come so far I run so fast straight threw the door At last I'm home, home once more We hold each other oh so tight A family’s love on this special night A tree that's real and homemade pie Christmas 2005, the perfect time to be alive Christmas 2105, the perfect time to be alive A world that's yours, a world that's mine We celebrate this day with love For everything and everyone My family will arrive real soon Two days ago they left the moon I ordered snow just for kids To hear them laugh, as they skid We simply think of what we need And it appears, no more is greed Money came and money went What's best for all is now what's spent So many now they live in space But mother earth is still the place Where families come on holidays To share their love, that is the way No more war and no more hate We've moved beyond those ancient traits To live and love is what we do You care for me, I care for you Life has changed over many miles But we still have things that make us smile Like trees so real and homemade pies Christmas 2105, the perfect time to be alive