Tis the season, right?
December 17, 2021
After kids run along the streets of neighborhoods,
Desperately looking for candy,
With the swishing of plastic costumes echoing
And doorbell rings
They go and sleep in their beds after their sugar rush wears off
But the second midnight on November 1st dings,
The crazed christmas adults awaken from their year long slumber
With terrible hallmark movies in hand
And the foretold defrosting of Mariah Carey
Tis the season, right?
As november goes on,
It’s like people skip the fall
And ignore the changing burnt amber leaves
And go straight to the snow
And fuzzy socks
Sitting around a fire
With the same movies on repeat just like the year before
Stores are already profiting off kids repeated wishes,
And are rolling in money in early november,
While some families are blowing off money on 10, 20, 30 presents,
Some parents are working double shifts just to get 1
Tis the season, right
As november ends, the more that pops up
Salvation army santa’s
And hundreds of gift drives
And winter coat donations
And secret santa for kids with parents who can’t afford gifts
It’s like people grow a heart the first of december
Why can’t they keep it for the rest of the year?
Christmas tree farms get packed and packed
And fake trees are packed and shipped out
I enjoy this part
You see people happy
Holding hands in gloves,
Ice skating with their song playing in the background,
And gifts to show how much they care
If only I could do that in public with you
If only people’s hearts covered how people love this month too,
But tis the season, right?
December is filled with family meetings every weekend
And kids getting overstimulated faster than the cars hydroplaning on the roads outside
There’s kids disappointed they didn’t get the right colored car,
Or the wrong model of Iphone,
And then there are kids upset
Cause they only got 3 gifts this year when last year they had 5
And parents longing to explain why
But knowing the teary eyed little one under the tree
Wouldn’t understand till years in the future
Tis the season, right?
In my case,
I must confess,
Some of the things I regret
Have happened in December
So talking breaths in the cold, seeing my breath turn to fog,
Reminds me of going to my grandparents and slipping on the porch with my cousins, now my grandma who only has her son and her dogs to celebrate christmas with this year
Seeing certain dates, and snapchat memories, brings back thoughts I’d rather not think about
It reminds me of my split with the two most important people in my life then, and the thoughts I wanted to commit then.
It reminds me of how thankful I am that I have one of them back,
And people in my life who won’t up and hurt me anymore
Maybe this christmas will be good
Maybe I take it back
You know what?
Tis the season