Just Me Poem by David Smart

Winter now has come again
With Chrismas drawing near,
Frost and snow and red chillblain
Are things we all should fear

Light at eight and dark at four
Never see the sun.
Close the window, shut the door
Winter's just begun.

So What! turkey, So What! pud
So What! wine and beer,
Too much food does not feel good
So What! Christmas cheer.

I'm alone and happy too
I'll eat what I choose
Pleasing just myself, not you
And never watch the news.

Never pull a cracker now,
Don't eat brussells sprouts,
No paper hat upon my brow
No carol-singing louts.

I'm really not a 'shut in'
I just don't need to go
Out into the cold and thin
Air when it looks like snow.

I am independant now
Living all alone,
Come the rain or sleet or snow
I'm happy on my own.

I know I may sound gloomy
I know I may sound sad
But my little house is roomy
And it really isn't bad.

For fifty years I shared my life
It was 'us' and never 'me'
Now I have lived beyond my wife
And a new life now I see.

I don't think that I'm selfish
I don't think that I'm mean
I've given all my cash away
My bank account is clean.

There's nothing more that I can do
For any that I love.
With quiet anticipation I wait
To see if Heaven's above.