To Those Who Look In
To one who's never been behind locked doors,
This comes to better educate their view.
Of those who are inside and looking out,
This someone in the future could be you.
You need not be stark raving mad, you see,
To be confined behind these cold gray wall.
In stead put forth your mind against the foe,
Of how to clothe and feed your brood this fall.
Consider all the many bills, lights, gas, and telephone,
The doctor, lawyer, others yet unpaid but due,
And knowing this your job's revealed no good,
It's possible my friend, your mind, can snap in two.
So should you ever gaze on one confined,
Be not so hasty with the quick remark.
For there are many wiser, more than you,
Who've pushed their minds beyond the tired mark.
This does not mean that they, not you, are sane,
But simply that they've taxed their minds.
And overworked the grey cells that provide,
The answers to the problems of their kind.
But still my friend, be kind in what you say,
Deny not social statue to be had.
For you know not the tricks that fate may play,
The next one here might just be your own dad.
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"Christmas Thoughts"
It seems the theme this yuletide.
As thought up by some folks,
Is "Let's keep Christ in Christmas",
Say, are they making jokes?
I've always thought from childhood,
That this was his birth date,
Or so that's why my mother said,
Our folks did celebrate,
Am I all wrong? Is this all new?
Or are we coming back,
From down the road where we turned off,
And maybe lost some track.
I find that if I close my mind,
To worldly pleasures here,
That Christ IS Christmas all the time,
Each day throughout each year.
But if by chance you've lost your way,
Then wash the slate up clean,
Give credit to those folks who thought,
Of this years, "Yuletide theme."
But when all of this is over,
And yuletide lights go out,
Let's NOT keep CHRIST in Christmas,
But each day from here on out.
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