Christmas High

Just a side note I hate the snow but love the Christmas season

The air is frozen with a chilly bite
Causing rosy cheeks and red noses
To appear before my fading sight
Will the snow fall before the day closes

Snow such a beautiful but tragic thing
It creates crashes and messes up the streets
But a feeling of Christmas it does bring
Making people smile at others they meet

A cheerfulness within iced hearts
As anger slowly melts into the past
A soft glow increasingly spreads and starts
All season long the warmth seems to last

Smiles given freely to strangers
Whom eagerly nod passing on by
Joyfulness spreads, people slow to anger
Giving the world an addictive Christmas high

Reviews

[Dinesh Sairam]

Feels like the lyrics of old Motown records' songs. Trust me, it's a good thing. It's actualy very hard to write lyrical poems that are emotive to the particular subject. You've done it here. I just went and heard some of the J5 songs for their album 'Christmas'! Well done and thanks for sharing the merry.

PS. The little things I felt obscure or perhaps inconvenient were line 5 and line 15. Line 5 has a negative feeling to it, now we don't want it in a Christmas lyric. Line 15-- I just didn't understand what you're trying to say.

Keep writing.

[Cafe Reader]

This is great! I really like the overall feel you create!

[just rose.]

I feel this sometimes. You've certainly bottled what's good about it. Other times I just have a headache and am sick of looking at tinsel and blinky things. But I think the point of your piece is that we, as humans, do need punctuation in our lives - certain traditions that return again and again, so that we can reflect on what we mean to one another.

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[Fran Marie]

you capture the cheerful season of c'mas quite nicely

within this creative poem.... 'tis the season for peace and goodwill

to be sure~well donE!!

[LonelySoul]

Nice work...Christmas is all about giving,with no strings attached,but just because it feels good to give a gift to somebody you care about,and yes,if you really get into the true spirit of Christmas,you can get a Christmas High, of sorts.

[just is]

It's the people that cause wrecks, their carelessness. Well written.

[Yo Momma Digs My Poetry]

I love how you pointed out the snow and the crashes. Very well put. It points out that though people think snow is beautiful and love to watch it, it does in fact cause great damage. I think this adds to the sense of cynicism I get from reading this. I love it.

[GTVile]

Its true, and I'm glad it is. I'm addicted to the Christmas high. I've never really seen anyone write about the phenomenon like this, so its a neat interpretation of the holiday season.

[StacyPerry]

Amazing how a holiday brings together everyone......even if they are of a different faith. Something to think of and thank you for this nice write.

[Ruth]

This is charming! A little dose of Christmas never goes amiss lol
You sum the season up well love and with a sweet fragranced angle!
xx