No Christmas

I don’t want Christmas this year
I don’t want joy and cheer.

Save the wrappings and my gift.
This year I don’t give a shit.

I don’t want holly or mistletoe.
I don’t want that cold white stuff called snow.

Don’t sing carols fa la la la la
Don’t bother me with bah humbugh blah

I don’t want Santa and his sleigh
I killed Rudolph the other day.

Don’t dress up in “gay apparel”
No Frosty movies or Christmas Carol

I’m not sending Christmas cards with updates on my life
Who would want to read the retelling of my strife

No parades, no giant tree
No decorations, no visits from me.

Don’t bake cookies or that fruitcake
No darling homemade presents make.

No traditions: no stars, no trees
Just let it all go away this year please.

Christmas is in the air

Merry Christmas .. Happy Hollydays!

I've decided to post some of my holiday poems from over the recent years. Some are more festive than others. :D

Plant a garden

Plant a garden
Each element in the right season
Not too soon… for it will not take root
Not too late … for it will not have time to be nourished

Plant a garden
And tend it lovingly
Remove weeds and pests that tempt to interfere
Season with fertilizer and stimulate growth

Plant a garden
Remember its purpose
Harvest the fruits
And cut back non growth

** Plant a garden = Start a relationship

Yours

You want me to tell you
I will be yours for always

Yours to contact at random hours
(but I cannot contact you)
Yours to meet in clandestine locations
(but never in pubic locations)
Yours to call your own
(but I cannot claim you)
Yours to please you
(but you will not satisfy me)
Yours to follow directions
(but I dare not make requests)
Yours wholeheartedly
(but to expect a noncommittal attitude)
Yours to gaze into your eyes
(but not to look for your soul)

I want to be yours … minus the parenthetical exceptions
I want you to be mine … plus so much more

Time for a Change

Time for a change
No more settling
For that which doesn’t meet
My standards
No more squandering
Skills, talents, passion
With the undeserving, the unappreciative
No more reactionary measures
Stop gap, temporary quick fixes
that provide fleeting relief from

What traits

What traits manifest attraction?
height financial status
eyes sense of humor
build lifestyle
hair sex appeal
personality education
availability a certain “Je ne sais quoi”

We each have our own preferences

Of these qualities
Upon which criteria do we insist be met?
- for just a date?
- for a life time commitment?
What compromises can be made?
What exceptions unacceptable?

At what risk do we draw that line?

How long?

How long has it been since …
I longed for someone because he could fulfill me completely:
mentally,
emotionally,
creatively,
physically

Oh yeah, AND HE has longed for the same with me?

How long has it been since …
I wondered beyond his next contact with me:
the next conversation,
the next e-mail,
the next text message
the next touch
Oh yeah, AND HE wondered anxiously for next contact from me?

How long has it been since . . .
I met someone who fulfilled me on so many levels:
thinking outside the box,
writing love poems,
laughing,
trembling,
changing my thoughts on the words “promise” and “trust”
Oh yeah, AND I fulfilled HIM, too.

How long has it been since …
All the pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place:
My heart has felt whole
My body satisfied
My mood stable
My life complete
Oh yeah, AND HE has found the solution to HIS complicated life in me.

How long has it been?
Way too long
How much longer will it be ? Soon …. I hope