Cheryl Lucenti Poet ABC

Christmas Lost

Christmas Lost


A Long 
Long Time Ago...
There was a moment I saw the music in the leaves
Winter turned in to lights among the Christmas trees
Looking up and down the street
I smelled the musty screen looking out my window
alone among the changes  that left me in a breeze
I looked at all the lights and knew every thing would change
some how I understood nothing would be the same
Illuminating all the ruff hopes of the living adults
Because poor as poor as we could be
Yet I saw on  Christmas Day 
Adult eyes tears of Debt they would see
A cry of laughter on what Santa gave
Radio Flyer to the kids delight.
Tommy got a pennie tonight
Mary rocked her  doll all night
and I slept with my new 
kitten all night.
I Now understand
All Parents
Sacrafice.

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Kara Fraine November 9, 2014 at 11:47 PM Only love and understanding can be appreciated not things like dolls

Dan Helppi November 1, 2014 at 8:02 PM Loved the poem. We try to create magic for the kids only to discover the magic ourselves.

Jan Allison November 1, 2014 at 5:58 PM When we were children we had so little in comparison to the kids of today - life was so much simpler - my parents never went into debt - if they couldn't afford it we didn't get it and I don't think I suffered any hardship as a result of it - I still live like that now - one colleague spent 6 months paying off her Christmas debt because her 3 kids 'had to have' the latest phone :-) hugs jan xx