. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Christmas Eve

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Christmas Eve


  A lone voice whispers 


Here I am

All alone again


On the eve of my birthday 


Still looking for an unspoken reason


Why life keeps deceiving


Are you all still lost in strange places


Past Golgotha 

Overflowing with mistakes


Why do some of you always hurt the ones you love


Is there no room

For give and take


Are you lost to me forever

No matter how much your heartaches


Can I just say these words

Even though


The silence grows between us


In a new world slowly devoid of prayer


Beyond the mean words

You throw


Why do some of you hurt the ones

You should love so much


When you judge


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


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