And I screamed
At God when
Is it my
Turn when do
I get everything
That You promised
He quietly replied
Selflessness is everything
That I promised
Selfishness brings about
Plagues and fire
And destruction and
Famine and lewdness
Greed and gluttony
Whereas selflessness brings
Comfort and peace
Truth and courage
Humility and clarity
Would you rather
Be the one
That ignites the
Fire or the
One that can
Put it out
As if things
Couldn’t get worse
I have come
To learn this
That trying things
Is but one
Third of learning
Things the other
Third is feeling
Things and the
Last third is
Understanding these things
So is the
March of your
Lifetime and lifetimes
With each step
Whether it be
Small or grand
Whether it be
Across a day
Or a lifetime
Or many lifetimes
You’ll always arrive
At the place
Where I am
This second to
Last lifetime the
Lifetime of understanding
Ah Christmas ho
Ho ho and
All of that
Besides the festivities
Christmas is really
About giving and
Less about receiving
After all God
Gave his only
Son to us
On that day
Remember that when
You give a
Present the present
That you receive
In return is
The surprise and
The glee and
The thank you
Which by the
Way doesn’t come
With the now
Famous return receipt
The world has
Failed to be
A safe place
It’s innocence lost
Replaced instead with
Selfishness and despair
A barren place
Occupied by the
Damned who wander
Aimlessly ignorantly and
Painfully absent of
Even fond memories
Husks of what
They once were
Simply coldly forgotten
Content instead of
Heaping noxious travesties
Designed to fuel
Their flames of
Hopelessness upon the
Living that have
Barricaded themselves behind
The ever eroding
Walls of hope
Fear not being
One of the
Damned for those
Devastated souls do
Not read poetry
Recognizing wants isn’t
Enough giving to
Those that ask
Isn’t either for
Most ask for
What they want
Ignoring their needs
Generosity is temporary
Kindness on the
Other hand speaks
The language of
Love cutting through
The selfishness of
Wants be kind
To someone who
Expects nothing and
Fill their needs
Silently without fanfare
This is godliness
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 