Christmas Loneliness Poems

              ~ loneliness - the colors of Christmas lose their luster ~...

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An old man awaits
The promise of a new day  
              ...

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Rules

In life, it is a give and take. 
However, for some it is just take and take. 
For others, it is only fulfilling to know
that...

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The tip of my nose is cold
I always sleep in a t-shirt with my arms bare
Because I like to curl up beneath my blankets
And create...

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I sat in a flop house common room
Doing social research one Christmas Eve,
Galveston in '79, I do believe.
I was there in a room full of...

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Get your enthusiasm back,
these have been lonely times,
some of us have cried in solitude:
we have lost the strength of our hack...
looking for a substitute;
it should...

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DEAREST CAT,

  How much I shall miss thee,
  While I am in hospital with a smashed knee!
  And painful broken thigh.
 ...

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Ding dong, hear the bells of Christmas.
Wind songs of the holiday.
How many bells are ringing 
How many bells are singing
A sad song that belongs to...

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I think it’s nice that people send each other friendly cards, or simply call on birthdays…or for Christmas…or Thanksgiving. 
And I’m so glad…when someone feels...

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Smoke ‘em if you got them.
Save the bottles for return.
That hippie needs a haircut.
What the hell’s a Lady Bird?
My Christmas tree had bubble lights, 
My...

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Try to imagine
a fish that’s all alone

I’m swimming in circles
In my tiny goldfish bowl

An aquarium
Is what I dream of
Eternally

And there’s a big square box
Beneath the...

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Alone all alone on Christmas Eve,
I could have poured my heart out
To the joys I shared with my family,
But this winter, it's lonelier than ice
Frozen...

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Christmas joy it brings to some and sorrow falls on others
Families gather together, while loneness over comes another
Smiles on the children’s faces, and frowns on...

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The normal joy of Christmas is dead in my house.
No enthusiasm or anticipation of laughter 
It will be another day without family or friends
I may...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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