Christmas Memories Poem by Trevor McLeod

It it that time of year again
all the lights and festivity
all the emptiness inside
all the loneliness

I walk the snow filled streets
watching as couples run to and fro
I walk under some mistletoe
to bad there is no young lady with me
or I would have paused to give her a kiss

I see a family run across the street
Two children laughing
as they jump on snowdrifts
Watching them pass I feel nothing

I have been alone for so long
I once hated this holiday
because of the joy
that others had

Is it to much to want
to yearn for a lovers touch
the gentle kiss under misteltoe
to feeel a childs hand in mine
to enjoy just watching the snow
while holding someone I could love
is that to much to ask for

I pass a church
glancing up to the towering heights
I ask from my heart
for the only wish I have ever asked for
to have someone I could love
and be loved by

alas I feel in my heart
that my prayer falls on deaf ears
that someone how I am fated
to be this way

I have never had a girlfrind for Chirstmas
ever year I am alone
surrounded by friends and family I feel alone
so I send this to all those out there
who have foudn that special someone
hold them tightly and never let them go
because you are fortunate
you are loved
I eny you