Christmas Torch Aloft

Season of dream haze and arctic signpost.
Chill and chap brood whose scattered offspring plummet,
thermal values as welcome mat,
for “whiskered” chimney guest awash with bounty.
Thief of sun filled days without a twinge,
but that universal late December  rendezvous,
can’t be thrust off-course.
Primal raw wind  howl dissing summer,
distant memory  spotty and erratic though it was.
Deck chair, seat of toil free bliss now cold front recess blob.
Mirage or wishful thinking from a wet weather veteran.
We live in fear of reruns like Ophelia,
or 2010’s lethal black ice on pavement.
Storm Force Brian, Mount Fuji an airwave shrapnel carrier.
Dormant Loch Ness  latent shadows cast,
fervent air mass plugging festive tunes.
To fuel dispatch  and chimney sweep alike a sacred windfall.
For those who struggle just  another inroad on an ever
shrinking pocket.
Yet this annual curtain closer has its grail and saving grace.
Dark art charmer lacing every patch for knee high boot crunch.
Architect of igloo closet ski cap.
Sleigh ride bell  upon that maligned feast around our globe (Noel hark the alpine carol)!
Bizarre but only to us frostbite souls aloof from glacial beauty.
Deep freeze spirit canvass may not surface.
Christmas anthems booming over  frolic footfall streets adorned by night owls.
Chaser lights that gee up gutted ghost town black spot.
Urban ice rink dome another fantasy or wonderland.
Toy shop stock n trade whose only trade is stock.
Colour coded  gadget clutching every cell of window space.
Fashion fodder wizards magic spark,
a toddler’s  glee at every turn.
Boisterous  strains of Santa rousing inner reindeers ,
the sort beloved by children down the ages.
Yuletide decor gift band holly bush spike.
Log tossed on fire, kindling stick incendiary,
leaping flame enshrouds smokeless polish.
Punch bowl nasal spice so aptly named rum do!
Skim milk skyline flaunts its snow fleck jewellery aloft.
Stars of astral compass spread their twinkle dash on human garlands.
Winter’s stepwise edging in a whirl plume of slush.
Christmas well and truly has arrived.