Christmas Crumb

Santa Claus is just a myth

Created for the easily led

He used to be dressed all in white

Until coca cola turned him red

Retailers helped the myth grow

Ringing a bell and ho ho ho

Religion hangs on a Christmas tree

And keeping all the chimneys free

Hush now children don’t ask why

You’ve never seen a reindeer fly

The cost of love in the festive season

Goes way beyond a sense of reason

Spending and giving has crossed a line

Why is your present bigger than mine

And those games for PlayStation 4

Teaching children to accept war

Cod and Black Ops, blood hidden away

How Christian is Christmas today

Midnight Mass to an empty church

Homeless kids left in the lurch

Trinkets seep in to the yuletide mood

Trolleys full of too much food

Credit cards melt and scream

Debt comes long after the cream

Poverty is smothered by the news

Nobody has the Christmas blues

Sing those carols raise that voice

Ignore those who have no choice

Greed is a tale that’s turned us numb

Conscience is a tiny Christmas crumb

©JMcN2015