My Christmas Wish List

I look around the world and think

what my Christmas wish would be

I could not just think of one

So, I made a list of many

I wish I could see more of my family

because tomorrow will not come one day

I wish we all could love one another 

and show kindness in some way

I wish people could look beyond status

and know that money can’t buy love

I wish people would realize that we are all human

and made from the same God above

I wish time could slow down just for a while

Life is passing so fast

There is so much I still want to do 

that may help the future generations last

I wish I had a lot of money 

I now understand what it’s for

It’s to help others live a better life

And not to waste on buying me more

I wish I could stop persecution

because so many who are have become close friends

I wish hate could be wiped out of all of our lives

So all of their hearts could now mend

A thousand wishes would not be enough

to fix what is wrong today

‘Cuz wishes are not what make dreams come true

But through every prayer that we pray

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Christmas Wish

Christmas time is a wondrous time of Year

A time when Peace towards others rings clear

The smells of Cinnamon and clove in the air

While baking breads and cookies with friends to share

A time of reflection of life as it stands

To open our hearts to our fellow man

A time of giving of ones self to others

to friends, neighbors, sisters and brothers

To worship God and be thankful for life

Praying for peace on earth without hate and strife.

A time for hope for the coming New Year

A new journey to walk where the path is clear

To help one another in every way we can

and hold each other’s hands across borders and other lands.

So during this season let’s all do our best

To bring perfect peace from the east to the west.

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Keep at Least One Moment

If hope and love abide in my heart

Thank you for helping me feel it

If I have helped you to feel love more deeply

Then I have accomplished what I was sent to do

And if we have made each other’s lives better

for knowing each other in this world…

Remember every good and wonderful thing

we have taught each other and keep at least

one moment that we can carry in our hearts for the 

rest of our lives of each other…  ©

Kristy Raines 

Kristy Ann Raines is an American poet and author born in Oakland California, In the United States of America.  

She is an accomplished International Poet and Writer.  Kristy has five books which will soon be published. 

One anthology with a prominent poet from India, Dr. Prasana Kumar Dalai called, “I Cross my Heart from East to West.”

She has also written two fantasy books entitled, “Rings, Things and Butterfly Wings” and “Princess and The Lion”, a collection of poems in English,” which she intends to use for a book written together with another very prominent Poet in Saudi Arabia, and which all proceeds will go to charity for children,  and also, a book of poems, stories and thoughts on her life called, “Her Very anomalous Life”.  

Kristy has received many literary awards for her unique style of writing. 

She also enjoys her work as an Activist and Humanitarian, for the Rohingya People in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, whom she has come to love, and also tries to raise money for an Orphanage in India.