By RainbowChaser
Date: 2002 Dec 25
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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
the phrase that will no longer carry the same meaning for me
this christmas has been the worst christmas ever
but the first christmas to carry with it a lesson

Being unable to go home to my family
I was struck by a sudden homesickness that consumed me
but refused to let me go
and i knew how someone very special to me must have felt all those times they were forced to be alone

I miss grandpa and his usual christmas greeting
grandma doing all the work, but not bitter about it
my mother and stepfather arguing like every other christmas eve
and the smell of christmas throughout the house

the wrapping paper, the cookies, most of all, the mashed potatoes
this year, i wanted to share someone special with my family
but those plans were foiled due to bad weather
then, when i try to make a milkshake out of sour milk, i'm once again kicked in the face

i have no money
so i sit in my apartment watching television
with the one person who i could see myself loving forever
but, like he had promised me, he refused to leave me

the blessing of this hell is two fold
i am learning what it must feel like to have no money
but I am appreciating the thrill of being near the one i love
and learning to let him love me, as he says,"merry christmas"