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Category: Holidays / Topics: Christmas • Holidays • Holiday Season • Tragedy
In the Bleak Midwinter
Posted: December 15, 2007
The title of a timeless carol describes this time of year (every year)…
The reason for this troubling rhyme
is what takes place each Christmastime.
It’s eerie. No, it’s tragic.
Every year there’s something bad.
By Googling you soon will see
December breeds grave tragedies.
Joy to the World is what we sing,
but what we read is sad.
The headlines document our plight.
It’s rare that there’s a silent night.
The sound of gunshots can be heard.
There’re sirens, weeping too.
And Old Man Winter’s rarely nice.
His blizzards, floods and storms of ice
result in homelessness and death.
White Christmases turn blue.
In bleak December, airplanes crash,
tsunamis kill and dreams are dashed
by random acts of violence,
depression, suicide
And when you look at years gone by,
you’ll be amazed. You’ll want to cry.
In spite of what Christ’s birth assures,
we grieve each Christmastide.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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Posted: December 15, 2007
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