TIS THE SEASON



  It's time for Christmas trees and bright lights,
No Christmas color here, my world black N white.

    Sunny Southern Cali, No chance of snow,
No Santa this year, he has no get up and go.

    Broke no money to buy gifts and presents,
I think I might need some Anti-depressants.
 
    No stuffing of stockings going on here,
Just another lonely day, will play it by ear.

    No smiles, no laughter, silence thru out the house,
I'm cold and lonely and poor as a mouse.

    No frosty the snowman outside my window sill,
Isolation and loneliness the coldness of a chill.

    No cookies, no fudge, no Christmas pie,
No Saint Nick or a twinkling of an eye.

    My sisters and friends make sure I have some gifts,
They stop by my spirit they try to lift.

    All I can say it's been one hell of a year,
I dug down deep, can't find my Christmas cheer.

    I say the sooner the year is gone the better,
This is my Christmas Dear John Letter.

                     TURBO1904

About this poem

Being alone and broke at Christmas

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Written on December 25, 2021

Submitted by Turbo1904 on January 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX AA BB CC DD EE FF XX GG HH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 974
Words 203
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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