Just Another Day

I wake up and my room feels like it’s eighty-five degrees
My roommate is gone, not sure she will be coming back
No one is telling me anything, I am not stupid or dumb
Here comes my aid, time to wash me up and help me dress
She comes in bubbly and smiling as she tells me she is excited
She found her son’s toy he wanted for Christmas, He has it now
I go out into the common room for breakfast and look at the tree
It’s brightly lit with colorful flashing bulbs and generic ornaments
Merry Christmas I hear people say, it must be Christmas today
We sit and watch hallmark movies, some of us play bingo
We wait for our ham dinner, not like the ones I used to cook
Vague memories flash in my head, my husband, handsome, smiling
I haven’t seen his face in over fifteen years, still outliving him
My family is all gone, we lost our only child at eighteen years old
Getting old and being alone is a lonely place to be, what’s on TV?
Here comes our meal, where’s the wine and the shrimp, where am I?
I used to make a chocolate yule log for a house full at Christmas
My head is feeling foggy, I am tired, I think I will just go lie down 
They say it’s Christmas today, but to me it’s just another day

12/18/19

Contest: The Darker Side of Christmas
Sponsor: Richard Lamoureux

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Date: 12/23/2019 11:18:00 AM
Tania, Congratulation on your winning poem - memories versus reality well stated - your poem illustrates the deep grieving of a "blue Christmas."
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Tania Kitchin
Date: 12/23/2019 6:18:00 PM
Thank you Sam!
Date: 12/23/2019 6:42:00 AM
A sad but well written poem Tania, congrats. :)
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Tania Kitchin
Date: 12/23/2019 6:18:00 PM
Thank you Gary!
Date: 12/22/2019 7:25:00 PM
Sad and well expressed. Thanks for entering my contest. It is nice to see your name on the winners list. Merry Christmas.
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Tania Kitchin
Date: 12/22/2019 8:34:00 PM
Thank you very much Rick for your comments and my placement in your contest. Merry Christmas to you as well!
Date: 12/19/2019 2:40:00 PM
It's a shame to get old and you think of those happy years with family and friends but sadly now just a memory. Well written Tania. Good luck. Tom
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Tania Kitchin
Date: 12/19/2019 5:38:00 PM
Thank you Tom and thanks for your visit!
Date: 12/18/2019 10:56:00 PM
awe this was sad sounded like alzheimer`s. feeling alone at an older age has to be tough. I wouldnt want to feel it now. Thanks for sharing this Tania. Best of luck in the contest
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Tania Kitchin
Date: 12/19/2019 4:31:00 AM
Thank you Greg and thanks for your visit!
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