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92 PCB007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2024 Steve Williams is president of The Right Approach Consulting. He is also an independent certified coach, trainer, and speaker with the John Maxwell team. To read past columns, click here. "At the top of my list, Your name's first; you're the king." Then he placed on my finger, A new, bright chrome skull ring. He then said, "I must go, I have many to see." Turning to his steel horses, He let loose with this plea: "On Sportster, on Road King, On Softail Deluxe," All eight throttles rolled on, From an invisible touch. As the sleigh rolled away, I yelled, "No, please don't go, I have so many questions, Things I need to know!" As I stood in the yard, In my boxers and boots, Must have been quite a sight, Gave my neighbors a hoot. As he rumbled away, he said, "Let this be your guide, Merry Christmas to all, Ride to live, live to ride!"… I awoke to my wife, Who said "Steve, it's all right, Must have been a bad dream, Your shouts gave me a fright!" I thought, shuffling to bed, It was all just a dream… As the Christmas lights twinkled, Off my bright chrome skull ring. I threw open the door, And ran into the night, Then my eyes grew wide open, At what came into my sight. A fierce fire-breathing team, Of eight Harleys appeared, With a black and orange sleigh, Pulling up at the rear. Snorting smoke from hot pipes, Spitting sparks all around, Fueled by massive V-Twins, Built right here in Mil-town. The team came to a stop, At my house, where I stood, And I thought I saw Santa, Underneath a black hood. As he walked up my drive, Chugging 180 proof, This was not quite the Santa, From my dreams as a youth. With long hair and tattoos, And a beard black as night, He looked more like a pirate, In search of a fight. His black eyes were on fire, Burning holes in the night, Muscles chiseled from steel, Quite an imposing sight. "You can call me Dark Santa," He said with a grin, As he wiped red hot whiskey, From off of his chin. He said, "I too have a list, And I do check it twice, But unlike the Good Santa, Mine is naughty, not nice!"