Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Spirit of Christmas Gone Wrong (a poem)

1 Cor. 16:14 "Let all your things be done with charity."

Spirit of Christmas

Where has all the loving gone
in the hectic busy throng
of people scurried and buried
in the hustle and bustle gone wrong.

The spirit of Christ left behind
nowhere to find the peace
within my mind as all the souls
entwined by greed are blind.

Empty souls filled with hate  
it's clearly too late as your fate 
is sealed in a tomb with no room
for the saving grace to bloom

The spirit of Christmas shed
dead for the One who bled in 
His word we were led away 
from the dread that bears the dead

From where I stand my life is grand
the world is bland in no man's land
flames all fanned by the hate of man
it is with the love of Christ I stand.

The Spirit of Christmas will thrive
strive as I might to stay alive when
the peace surrounds me that I’ve 
been forced from man to survive.

3 comments:

Jacki said...

Good one!

benning said...

A lot of hate out there. But also anger, frustration, resentment. Who knows if it will change for the better? Only Christ is the absolute answer. Thanks, Joni!

joni said...

"It is with the LOVE of Christ I Stand."

Thanks,Jacki and Thank you, Benning.

I take a break and what happens? Words continue to pour out of me. :)

I love being a writer.