Broken Dreams

 Constant aches, constant pains. 

Oh sweet peppermint candy canes.

year after year, wishing on that bright, old star

Wondering how you are.

Torn apart by the court.

It's time for cheer, for Christmas is here. 

Tiz not the time to mourn.

Tiz the time of year yet again,

to be with you,

But only in my faded memory.

Year after year, 

missing birthday after birthday.

Year after year,

no family Thanksgiving dinner.

Year after year,

asking Santa for what I know he can't give.

Have all the cousins forgotten one of their own?

Aunts and Uncles too?

What about the older sister,

and brother.

Have they forgotten as well?

Ten years of being seperated,

doubt they remember.

Only more time will tell.

Reviews

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Times are not what they used to be and people seem to separate more than coming together- loneliness is a sad empty place if only people were more mindful of freinds and Family - wonderful words make us realise how important Family is and how we need to come together on special occasions for the right reasons- and Christmas should be a time of living and giving- wonderful thoughts and words🌹

[Pete]

sad. i can feel the hurt in your words. the only remedy for a broken heart is to keep loving and hope that those we long for come back to us. there is a glimmer of hope at the end so all is not over. real, raw, honest & heartfelt.

[Lavi]

To forgive is not to forget, to forget is to fracture part of yourself and your life. Either way, whether you forgive or not so long as you do not forget that is what separates us from those who chose to close their minds from people who suddenly are no longer apart of our lives. Perhaps they feel as if they act it was never there it will somehow make everything alright. Naive, but you are not. This is very raw with a deep sense of longing, but for what is the mystery...
Thanks for sharing.