A Neo-pagan Buddhist at Christmas - Shawna Swetech

[Lawrence Robinson]

A Neo-pagan Buddhist at Christmas


Holidays are here again
so I put on my Christmas mask

scurry around picking presents
visiting friends and family

late night after late night
I purposely turn from thoughts

of war, the economy, people
going hungry, the blare

of newspaper headlines
turning quickly and pushing on 

despite the pull of long 
darkness, shortened days

the foggy lull of winter’s
moonstone nights and cold drizzle 

when what I really, really want 
is to just curl up by the fire 

like the cats, and thumb
through the seed catalogs 

dreaming and dreaming 
of spring.

	- Shawna Swetech
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