A Season of Emptiness
A Season of Emptiness
By Elton Camp
Seasonal colors of red, blue and green
From elaborate decorations are seen
Stores and houses ablaze with lights
Intended to bring joys and delights
That Jesus’ birth wasn’t then, many are aware
For this inconvenient truth they may not care
After all, it is more about a visit from Santa Claus
Who comes bringing a bag filled with gifts and toys
The child busily creating a selfish present list
Learning to care for others may have missed
Scattered families who at that time are meeting
Relating their family stories and over eating
Heavy drinking may take place at parties too
Sometimes with an outcome much to rue
Celebrating families may fall deeply into debt
A use of scarce resources they come to regret
The holiday with its commercialism & hype
Brings a happiness of a very superficial type
Deliver me from Santa Claus or some elf
Like Scrooge, I say “Bah, humbug” myself
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