Christmas
Fear
Snow
Russian Tea
Nutella
BB-guns
Coats
Matchbox Cars
Memories

Pain
On the Tree
Around each corner
Out the door
Brought by songs
Sparked by smells
In each stocking
Missing traditions

Holidays bring
Eviscerating pain
Loneliness and tears
Laughter like knives
Cuts my heart
Pilfers my Strength
Clutter my thoughts
Destroy my defenses

Darkness surrounds
Everywhere I look
Arises in my mind
Through the fog
Helpless feelings as
Christmas becomes
Celebration of Death

Love
Seems lost
Hidden away
Can�t be found
Clawing to get out
Hurts like hell
So much laughter
Like the evil witch

Twisted
Surreal
Shadowy
Shrunken
Darkness
Encroaches
Pierces
Doesn�t belong

Tears in my eyes
Beauty is lost
Symbols seem trite
Lies thinly veiled
To banish pain
Festering sores
Swelling with rot
Decay in my spirit.

written by the lufmiester, 2003
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