Joy
by Bo, a five-month-old-dolphin

Hello everybody,

I’m very happy about helping you give everyone you know help in living on this planet called Earth.  I love listening to stories.  My mother told this story to me and my sister Fiona the other day.  She said you are all getting ready for a happy birthday celebration for someone who lived on Earth a long, long time ago.  He taught people lessons in giving and receiving love. You are all so excited about giving and receiving love that you celebrate his birthday for several days.  She said it’s a happy time when little children are given a lot of attention. 

The story my mother told us was about the man whose birthday is now being celebrated.  I enjoy this story so much that I’ve asked my mother to tell me the story ten times over the past five days.  This is a poem about the joy of giving and receiving love.

Joy

My name is Bo
I’m high and low
I won’t stay down so up I go
I love my life
But I don’t really know
How to stop the gaping hole
That’s keeping me from saying to my soul
I’m a baby but lead me so I know
What to give my best friend for Christmas

The hole is in my little body
Right above the spot
That brings me love from my best friend Dot

That spot is my heart
I haven’t learned the art
Of leaving my problems
Right on the cart
That sends my problems to the place
In the ocean where the waves part
And lift my problems to the heart
Of my angel who loves to say “Bo, get smart.”
My angel said to let my heart give my friend a bright red part
Of the complicated light called The Spirit of Christmas

At Christmas many harps
Play music that’s truly part
Of the golden light I receive
From the lovely angels I believe
Love me so much that they part the waves
That take my problems my soul says
I don’t have to spend my days worrying about

I’m a sparkling, happy dolphin
I love to help you leave your problems in your cart
That sends your problems to the coffin
They don’t have to live
You just have to give
The Spirit of Christmas
To your best friends more and more often

Your friend Bo