Wednesday 5 December 2012

A Dickensian Christmas?

                                   I
                               hate
                          Christmas
                    All the fake festive
                   It's all just too much
                All the commercial stuff
             The trees dropping needles
            Postmen drop rubber bands
         Cards waste precious resources
    Everyone uses the excuse to get drunk
                           Fake fake
                                Fake
                                  No
                                Point
                           None at all

                                  But
                             How can
                         You ever hate
                     Xmas? Christmas?
                  It is a gift to everyone
                 It is about love and care
               Ignore all of the trappings
             Engage instead with the truth
         See beyond, to it's meaning of love
                             Love love
                                 Love
                                  For
                          One and all

                                    I
                                Don't
                              See that!
                        All about love?
                      Can God love me?
                No one's ever loved me!
            Where can I find out about this?
        Show me more about this Christmas
                               Please
                               Please
                                Show
                                  Me
                           Christmas

                                Come
                             To church
                            Sing carols
                         Hear the story
                  Know God's gift to you
                 Share Christmas with us
              Everyone is welcome with us
        Experience the love and care and joy
                 Please say you'll come
                                Jesus
                                Loves
                                  You
                        And always will

The prompt for wonder Wednesday at Poets United is "a scrooge"; from that came this poem.  It's not very Dickensian in style, but it's what came to me when I tried to write about a scrooge.  Something about how people suffer at Christmas because the meaning is so lost; my prayer this Christmas is that everyone knows they are loved.


4 comments:

Ella said...

Beautiful! I think we all need to be reminded and you did this so wonderfully! :D

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Lovely, Emma. Loved the two voices and their conversation.

Serena said...

This is beautiful and I really appreciate your wish for everyone to know they are loved. I like the Christmas trees as well!

Mary said...

Your poem shows two different sides. I do think there can be a lot of hollowness, commercialism, and sadness around Christmas.....but there can also the joy, which sometimes we DO have to seek. But it is there. Look UP into the heavens, and you will see it. Peace.