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Bah Humbug!
Words I want to yell
in a holiday season that’s gone to h#@%
What’s there to celebrate
in a world gone mad
when every day brings word of one more sad?
Children killed
before their life begins
warped people yelling that it’s because of a world full of sin.
I look for hope
from the kind ones I know
who hurt as much as I do, to see the world so.
I yearn to celebrate
a time of peace and joy
not just an excuse to buy another toy.
Instead I find myself
In search of a sign
that there is love in the world, and it is benign.
Dec 17, 2012 @ 13:54:31
Lisa, there is love in the world, and it is mostly benign, but there is also madness, which we must guard against. “Whom the gods would destroy, they first drive mad.” (uncertain attribution, but possibly Euripides)
Dec 17, 2012 @ 14:27:28
Thanks Joanne. I’m not really as down as this poem makes me sound . . . a little poetic license for the rhyme.
Dec 17, 2012 @ 18:51:26
I’ve got those same feelings but trying to supress them for the sake of my kids. And for me, frankly. I feel stretched and stressed after Hurricane Sandy, all the rest of the horror in the news, and now this. I’m saturated.
Dec 17, 2012 @ 19:20:34
I know exactly how you feel. Add to that my Dad’s declining health, my rejection for a job and a few other things and I”m done.
Dec 18, 2012 @ 10:54:51
You are the love
Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:38:50
Thanks, Sharon.
Dec 18, 2012 @ 14:05:21
I know things have been pretty shitty in the past few days–too many kids lost and so much more. But I, at least, am a big believer that love still exists. By the way, LOVE the title of this post. Happy holidays to you, Nathan, Sarah, and puppies!
Hugs,
Kathy
Dec 18, 2012 @ 15:23:22
I know love still exists, but I wonder if somehow its lost its power. Maybe we’re all too selfish in our love. I don’t know anymore.
Dec 18, 2012 @ 21:52:09
I’m pretty much with you on this one.
Take comfort from the ones you love.
Peace
JzB
Dec 18, 2012 @ 22:42:49
Sadly, for me one of the ones I love is disappearing quickly. Let’s hope next year is better.
Dec 19, 2012 @ 08:53:52
Words well wielded.
I hope you do find some peace and joy over the holidays.
Dec 19, 2012 @ 08:58:19
Thanks. Same to you.