Editor

I thought readers might like a bit of Christmas cheer to offset the Covid gloom just a little bit.

The poem I wrote is based on my own memories as a child in Aber, of a walk across the snow through the town following a Christmas night visit to the old North Road hospital, more than 60 years ago.

A Christmas Night in Aberystwyth

There was magic in the air that night

As we walked across the silent glittering snow

All was silent, all was still, all was calm

And all was special For we were children and it was Christmas night

Fairy-lights twinkled from trees in windows

Shining and smiling in multi colours

On the crisp white snow outside in the streets

And our footsteps crunched loudly on the snow

As we walked through the town on our journey home

No one could be seen, only footprints in the snow

No traffic sounds, no dogs, no cats, or passers by

To disturb the still of the night

The night was cold, but we were warm beneath our coats

And the moment felt as though it would surely never end

Only our thoughts entered the stillness of the night

As we walked across the snow

And we remembered the three wise men on their journey through desert sands

To bring special gifts on a special night

And memories that would last for evermore.

Adrian Griffiths Drefach Llanybydder

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