A PRE-CHRISTMAS AWARENESS: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
(A TANKA QUATTRAIN)
Christmas, remember,
It’s not about Santa Claus:
It’s about Jesus:-
It’s not about Santa’s gifts,
But the gift of God in Jesus:-
The gift of Jesus,
Is the priceless gift of love:-
And our gifts should be likewise:
Feeding the hungry is love;
Housing the homeless is love:-
Let’s Santa Claus love,
With gifts being of life’s needs;
Not merchandising:
Let’s wrap the naked with clothes,
And bow-tie their rent money:-
Indeed, this Christmas,
Let’s celebrate Christ’s Birthday
With gifts of His love:
Giving God all the glory,
the drive was intermittent
everyone had to pee at the different times
distractions
strangers in rest stops
that were duplicates of duplicates designed
by MacDonalds and
merchandising psychologists
I wandered by the sunglasses
and video games
inhaled fast food coffee
and sized the out-of-towners
up
down into the parking lot
didn’t seem like a rest stop
with all the pulling in
and pulling out
kids running
spilled drinks all
about
and a Ketchuped french fry
squashed near the
umbrella benches
going somewhere while
all the while traveling on Facebook
in a silent car
scrollng for anything
except traveling this far.
Fuss and frills filled the air
thickening aroma of anticipation
Reams of rainbow shades strutted on silver spurs
merchandising motley of mosaic dreams
Packaged in blazing tones intensely tinged
Tied in ribbons of appealing allure
Dizzy delusions of passion on display,
faint odour of steaming streams of sweat
Bundles promising pinnacle of power
Blinking blinding blings flashed
as skyscraping figment of fantasies
Colored with grey conscience crusts
Serenading silently in soothing white
Pale plumes pitched against the razzmatazz
Serene strands woven in profound peace
With a halo of fulsome faith
Struck an instant chord within the chaotic seas of my soul
Contest Free verse in 250 words or less(earlier submission)
No of words 101
Date March 16 2017
Now submitting (after editing)
Date March 19 2017
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