Merry Christmas everyone!
… feels as if it’s faded
With each year it get worse, you hear this every year
The sad darkness that creeps
Inside me with this realization finds a comfy spot and settles
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Drive it away says the child that I was
Drive it away with the memories of dressing up
The old Christmas tree with grandma at the bakery
With the smell of fresh bread clinging to the branches
The shiny gold and silver globes hanging on limbs
The red train chugging under the tree with Santa on the roof
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Remember the fun, the joy, the smells, the feelings,
The music, the laughter, the sticky chocolate
Remember what it was to be a kid at that time of year
Believing that the chubby old man would be here tonight
Remember …
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Just remember and let the memories flood
Let it posses me once more
And when…
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Such a lovely poem, transmitting the Christmas spirit around the blogosphere 🙂 Hope you had a great time on Christmas day!
Thank you Daphne, I’m glad it reached you 🙂 It’s just sad, every year the spirit of the holiday is eroded by people capitalizing on it and the feeling, the pure sweet and tender emotions of it all is almost forgotten … or it’s just me. So I tried to revive it in this poem.
My Christmas was a sleepy one, my sisters and I kicked back and watched Rush Hour 1 from beginning to end! I am reminded why Jackie Chan is my favourite, and how hilarious Chris tucker is. There was some Harry Potter as well and hot chocolate! Thanks for asking, and I hope yours was even better 😀