"Empty Christmas"
by Josh Liller
2005

What is this holiday you speak of?
The day your savior was born
I see only emptyness around me
And it makes my heart feel torn

No followers of Jesus
aetheists drive them from the land
the religous holiday aspect
is blown away like sand

The businessmen do shill it
as if it's some big game
"What's the must have toy this year?
I must learn its name!"

The trees are cut for decoration
As part of great displays
Pretty yet dying on the inside
Symbolism for society's decay

A time to exchange gifts you say?
But since we both give and recieve
Why not everyone buy for themselves
rather than decieve?

And then there is the great fat man
The greatest Christmas lie
We feed our kids a great untruth
They'll learn before they die.

They say Valentine's is singles hell
and the poor get no Thanksgiving feast
But Christmas seems the most empty
For in it I find no peace