The January Hangover

from JoeUser Forums
Same thing happens
every year:

after Thanksgiving
the whole world
seemed to be dressed
in red and green
and snow white with colored lights
with everyone was playing
the same music

and then on
December 26
it all stops

all the laughter
all the music
all the togetherness

and everything just gets
dark and cold
and dull

every January
I go into my post-Christmas funk

I know it's all
an illusion of
togetherness
this worldwide party
to celebrate the birth of Jesus

In December its easier
to accept my longing
for a larger shared experience

for something special
maybe even a miracle

so as I gather the Christmas
decorations and the cds and
put them back into storage

I wait out January
determined that it won't
get me down

and I look forward

to the anniversary of my sobriety

to my wife's birthday

to Valentine's Day
to February.
poetry
2,442 views 11 replies
Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wow, this is great, and it's really true. After all of the excitement of Christmas, January just seems to be there, not really for any reason other than to be wintery. I think we all are waiting for February, Valentine's Day, and the start of spring. Very well written.
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Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
for something special
maybe even a miracle

I liked this part best, but the whole thing was so good and so right on.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Umm, if you lived in Texas (assuming you don't already), it's not so bad. 

"""""I ain't happy, I' m feelin glad
I got sunshine in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long the future is comin' on"""""

~The Gorillaz

Trinitie

Carry sunshine in a bag. 

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Are you saying he should do cocaine?

Good work, Buddah, as always.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yes, yes I am.

Trinitie

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
I do not endorse the consumption of cocaine, alcohol, marijuana, or any other illicit and /or controlled substance.

I understand it, but I do not endorse it.

Shalom and thanks for your continued readership
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
i thim\nk its sad that you have dont kow what the true maening of christmas
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think its sad that you didn't get the meaning of the poem.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

, it was a joke, crackface...

hehehehhehehe.... 

Trinitie