Festive Lyrics Revisited 1 - Inbound Christmas by Owen Townend

Last year a few of us at Yorkshire Writers' Lunch competed in a challenge to reimagine and rewrite classic Christmas hits. 

Though it's only October, now is the time to start sharing them out. We have quite a few to get through, so let's start with one of mine...

Inspired by Walking in the Air by Howard Blake 

Nobody down below

believes their eyes,

peering up

at inbound Christmas.

That festive comet

wrapped in tinsel,

barbed with twinkles,

hurtling brighter

by the week.

Soon enough

it'll pierce

our chilly atmosphere,

force a mince pie, 

mulled wine,

carol choir crater

and see us all upended,

merrily displaced,

walking in the air.

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