Hard Holidays
Ode to the Hard Holidays
Whether it’s Christmas
Family coming together
Celebrate the birth of Christ
Gratefulness
Whether it’s Thanksgiving
Family coming together
Celebrate the first harvest
Thankfulness
Whether it’s the 4th of July
Family coming together
Celebrate independence
Happiness
Holidays when people come together
People with undying love for each other
Maybe even people
That hate each other
But on holidays
Most everyone has a place
Apology to the Hard Holidays
While in your warm, cozy house
Laughing and eating
Do you ever think of those
Who’s moms get drunk every holiday
While they hide in their room
Hoping she doesn’t come down the stairs
The children taken from their families
Or left by them
Do you think about the
People on the streets
Scrounging food from the happy families
Leaving expensive restaurants
Not taking a second look
Holidays should bring people together
But what about the ones that have nowhere to go
But hiding in their room
Or on the streets
Without family