John Sensele Poems

Such love as my feelings give
Heals the heartbroken
Whom foes can't forgive
Though hope for them remains unbroken.
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Hearts of hope in this world exist
Despite much blindness
Which driven by doggedness to resist
The chance to win happiness.
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‘Tis Christmas, put a smile on a face
That all year long despaired
Wondering if a meal trace
Could pitch up to get his stomach repaired.
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If Christmas in homes that weep
Could offer the poor advice
To remain steadfast and faith to keep
Jesus would tell them He has paid the highest price.
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Some days sow sorrow
They warn us to tread with caution
On grounds where a furrow
Threatens to thrash our mission.
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Faces upon which we frown
Hold the key to our future
Hasten our happiness in the town
Where we grow our cute culture.
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Twenty seventeen grew small, harassed in December
That for three weeks invited Christmas
A festive fiend that big spenders remember
In shopping malls where they shop en masse.
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A souse snored by the roadside
Where by dint of binge he fell asleep
Dreaming socialites stole the pride
He could no longer keep.
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Kinsmen of consideration and courtesy are affections
Affection for your neighbor
Affection for others' emotions, devotions and predilections
Affection for educated endeavor and lofty labour.
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Commercial culture, you're phony
You embarrass our values and customs
That you sacrifice on the altar of the gluttony
You've embraced at the sound of twisted tomtoms.
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