Psycho-Babble Writing Thread 716285

Shown: posts 1 to 7 of 7. This is the beginning of the thread.

 

So Merry Xmas (trigger)

Posted by ronaldo on December 25, 2006, at 9:37:14

The World waits and whispers
behind closed doors and drawn curtains
and huddles secretly in darkened rooms
Outside cold cloaks the earth like a wet blanket

the festive season
Hah! that's a good one
the coming of the Christ
Well he didn't come to the party
the last two thousand odd years
so why is He going to make it this time...?

The World waits and watches
Holds her breath in silent suspense
What calamity, atrocity, natural disaster
Will shatter the eerie peace
And rev up the sleeping engine of humanity...?

The facade of hope
Like the Xmas lights
Grows tatty and second hand
Fifty years on it takes an effort
to smile and hope
When hope is a weary beggar
with mute hands in supplication

Time of Peace
Time of Joy
Those times were extinguished
With the last late night closing
Of the big department store
Now the fizz and the pizzazz have all gone
Held in suspension until the opening of the
January Sales

Until then we watch and we wait
And try to hide the existential vacuum
That gnaws at our souls
And we take stock of our eternal inventory
But the shelves are all bare
There is only silence, silence that stares
Into the endless emptiness that we call the soul

 

Re: So Merry Xmas (trigger)...I aplogize

Posted by ronaldo on December 25, 2006, at 15:12:04

In reply to So Merry Xmas (trigger), posted by ronaldo on December 25, 2006, at 9:37:14

Hello,

Sorry for that. Some weakness prevents me from keeping my existential angst in my own front room. I have to go and vent it all in public...make a spectacle of myself. I'm sorry. Please dismiss the above as the rantings of an old fool who somehow got an education without learning anything and...

Merry Christmas to Everyone and Health, Happiness in the New Year.

ronaldo

 

Re: So Merry Xmas (trigger)...I aplogize » ronaldo

Posted by fayeroe on December 25, 2006, at 18:12:10

In reply to Re: So Merry Xmas (trigger)...I aplogize, posted by ronaldo on December 25, 2006, at 15:12:04

> Hello,
>
> Sorry for that. Some weakness prevents me from keeping my existential angst in my own front room. I have to go and vent it all in public...make a spectacle of myself. I'm sorry. Please dismiss the above as the rantings of an old fool who somehow got an education without learning anything and...
>
> Merry Christmas to Everyone and Health, Happiness in the New Year.
>
> ronaldo

tsk, tsk, ronaldo.......nothing to worry about. no problem here with me........Thank you for your good wishes and i send the same to you......pat

 

Re: So Merry Xmas (trigger) improved version...

Posted by ronaldo on December 29, 2006, at 6:11:38

In reply to So Merry Xmas (trigger), posted by ronaldo on December 25, 2006, at 9:37:14

The World waits and whispers
behind closed doors and drawn curtains
and huddles secretly in darkened rooms
Cold cloaks the earth like a sodden blanket

the Festive Season
Hah! that's a good one
the coming of the Christ
Well he didn't come to the party
the last two thousand odd years
so why is He going to make it this time...?

The World waits and watches
Halts her breath in silent suspense
What calamity, atrocity, natural disaster
Will shatter this eerie peace
And rev up the sleeping engine of humanity...?

The facade of Hope
Like the Xmas lights
Grows tatty and second hand
Fifty years on it takes an effort
to smile and hope
When hope is a weary beggar
with mute stumps in supplication

Time of Peace
Time of Joy
Those times were extinguished
With the last late night closing
Of the big department store
Now the fizz and the pizzazz have all gone
Held in suspension until the opening of the
January Sales

Until then we watch and we wait
And try to placate the existential vacuum
That gnaws at our souls
And we take stock of our eternal inventory
But the shelves are all achingly bare
There is only silence, silence that stares
Into the endless emptiness that some call the soul

 

truly depressed myself this time.... (nm)

Posted by ronaldo on December 29, 2006, at 6:22:54

In reply to Re: So Merry Xmas (trigger) improved version..., posted by ronaldo on December 29, 2006, at 6:11:38

 

don't be depressed....awesome poem!! (nm) » ronaldo

Posted by alesta on January 9, 2007, at 11:10:39

In reply to So Merry Xmas (trigger), posted by ronaldo on December 25, 2006, at 9:37:14

 

thanks alesta - glad you liked it :-) (nm)

Posted by ronaldo on January 13, 2007, at 11:50:20

In reply to don't be depressed....awesome poem!! (nm) » ronaldo, posted by alesta on January 9, 2007, at 11:10:39


This is the end of the thread.


Show another thread

URL of post in thread:


Psycho-Babble Writing | Extras | FAQ


[dr. bob] Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD, bob@dr-bob.org

Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.