Description: this was the strangest christmas i think i've ever had, and i've been trying to process it all day, but i think it's going to take more time. or maybe i just need to forget about it. there was one bright spot that saved the day, and this poem is an attempt to fit all the parts together, if that can be done.
AFTER CHRISTMAS -------------------------------------------
this one was greated with a hangover
pulling it together at the last minute
to go through the motions of cooking and christmas chores
you have a way of making the sun rise gloriously on such days
just by being there
you don't even know you do this i think
today was about recovering from holiday joy
healing from the tryanny of cream sherry and chilled cranberry sauce
closing my eyes and pushing the world away for just a little longer
hiding from time behind the barrier of sleep
until tomorrow brings back the world of neck ties and traffic jams
What is it about christmas that seems to have an effect on everyone? No-one is ever the same over the christmas and new years period. I think it could be the freedom from your usual daily tasks, knowing that you don't have to get up and go to work for a few days, seems to do funny things to peoples minds. Perhaps it's just because they don't know how to use the extra time they have or maybe that it's such a social time people have a hard time trying to accept the whole experiance of such a social occasion.. Anyway i'm doing that thing again where i get lost in my useless ramblings. This is just what sprung to mind while reading, sorry it's not much help.
YOU HAVE DESCRIBED HOW MOST OF US ALL FEEL THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. I SURE DID THIS MORNING WHEN I WOKE. KNOWING I MUST GET BACK TO REALITY AND THE RAT RACE,LOL. BUT IT'S AWFUL NICE TO BE ABLE TO WAKE UP AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. GREATTTTT POEM.
Submission Name: AFTER CHRISTMAS
