Sunday, December 25, 2016

Abandoned Christmas

One thought upon the Christmas scene
where baby born who'd be our king
set manger lay for all to see
this one from whom salvation brings

Yet not all will celebrate
this baby born to seal our fate
from sin's death sum He to erase
for those who yield His saving grace

Alas among those living now
be salty ones with wrinkled brows
whose time worn limbs and shattered souls
been stripped of all their yuletide roles

No tree they'll have, nor lighted frame
nor present 'neath, t'will be their aim
a Christmas song will they not sing
tis all a farce, a humbug thing

Alone, abandoned recluse scenes
for none doth vis' nor give them ring
rejected friends, fam'ly and foe
for them tis best to be alone

But how says we did this fate come
these mis'ry ones who cast so glum
with memories haunting present dreams
forgotten loves and shielded schemes

Their family past unknown today
unkempt to guard love's shielded way
refuge with beasts who comfort souls
curmudgeon ones been brought so low

Their guarded heart from prev'ous pain
doth have no room for this mundane
who shield in 'nane activity
love's risk for them tis never free

So rush the time that sorrow flees
by ticking clock the present scene
as time watched by doth slowly go
Till Christmas pass it's time of woe

Perhaps through verse, poetic phrase
as star shone bright on manger scene
abandoned ones on Christmas day
the Savior's love extends thy way




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