{"id":14197,"date":"2017-12-21T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=14197"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:23:54","slug":"a-christmas-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/a-christmas-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"apologies\"A Christmas Poem<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Another Christmas and I’m dressed up in plaid,
\nAnd feeling quite grouchy and really quite sad.
\nThere is no sign of Christmas, not one I can see.
\nNo holly, no wreaths, and no Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

I opened a can. It was spaghetti with meat
\nNo, it was not a good holiday treat
\nBut I ate it I tell you as I sat all alone…
\nJust can of spaghetti and one strawberry scone.<\/p>\n

I turned on the TV and it started hissing
\nA voice said to me \u201cDo you know what you\u2019re missing?\u201d
\nIn a white robe she appeared on my screen
\nShe said \u201cYou are lonely and mean!\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked at her and said \u201cAre you talking to me?
\nSurely you\u2019re not, for plainly you see,
\nI am eating spaghetti straight out of a can
\nI have every convenience except a saucepan\u201d<\/p>\n

She smiled and looked right into my eyes
\n“Grab hold of my hand, I have quite a surprise!”
\n\u201cYou’re surely kidding, you\u2019re inside my TV!\u201d
\nShe said \u201cDo what I say and soon you will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

I felt like a fool sticking my hand in the screen
\nBut I did it and saw something I\u2019d never seen.
\nI was floating around with some lady in white
\nLooking down on a village on a cold Christmas night.<\/p>\n

I saw families gathered with smiles on their faces
\nDancing by fires in brick fireplaces.
\nPresents were scattered through all of the houses
\nDads with new sweaters and moms with new blouses!<\/p>\n

There were smiles everywhere, and you could see all the love
\nChurch bells were ringing! Snow fell from above!
\nThe ground sparkled in white, the snow all a’glisten
\nThe lady in white said “Shhhhh! Be quiet and listen!\u201d<\/p>\n

Floating around with a lady in white,
\nAbove a small village on a cold Christmas night
\nI hear people singing, I could feel all the joy!
\nIn fact I am feeling like a young schoolboy.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you feel the love? Do you hear them all singing?\u201d
\nThe snow kept on falling; the church bells were ringing.
\n“I do” I answered as we flew over the town,
\nAnd I saw nothing but smiles – not one single frown.<\/p>\n

She smiled and took me to where I don’t know…
\nIt was a place far away, a place far below,
\nI saw an old man alone and confused,
\nHe did not look happy, no… not one bit amused!<\/p>\n

He was all wrinkled, a pathetic old man
\nEating spaghetti with meat right out of a can!
\nThe lady in white said \u201cTell me what do you see?\u201d
\n\u201cI see my own future. That old man is me!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you have seen what the future will be\u201d
\n“Yes! If I don’t change, that’s what I will be!
\nShe took me back home and I floated no more
\nI must have been dreaming right there on the floor!<\/p>\n

I got up and showered, and put on some new clothes
\nI opened my door and felt the snow on my nose!
\nI walked down the street and with a smile on my face
\n\u201cMerry Christmas\u201d I shouted… all over the place!<\/p>\n

I went to my neighbors and shouted “Come over and dine!
\nI have turkey and pie and some really good wine.
\nI called my own children \u2013 \u201cCome see your old dad!\u201d
\nI could tell by their voices that they were so glad.<\/p>\n

That evening we gathered for a big Christmas feast
\nThe bread was amazing, it was pumped with the yeast.
\nThe turkey was tender and the pie was supreme –
\nMy\u00a0 family together, it seemed like a dream.<\/p>\n

And perhaps we should think… lest we end up alone
\nEating spaghetti with meat and an old stale scone.
\nIt’s never too late to make everything right
\nAnd what time is there\u2026<\/p>\n

Than on this\u00a0Christmas night?<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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