A Christmas Tale 27/12/13
Once on a lonely winters night
The snow blew all around
The silent night was very still
As the flakes piled on the ground
An old man he lay motionless
In an archway wet and damp
With a blanket wrapped around him
A silhouette beneath a lamp
He huddled there to keep warm
In his life nothing went right
While others sat around a fire
On that holy Christmas night
For he left his homeland years ago
In search of work they say
But the story of this poor soul
It died on a Christmas day
And in his pocket was a crumpled card
Addressed to who knows who
No money for to post it
With those poor hands so cold and blue
And sadly there are others
Who are left the same way too.
So help the needy in distress
It’s the least that we can do
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I wrote this after hearing a story last year from a nurse in the hospital I attend.
She told me of a poor man who died while sleeping rough in an archway in London.
Although there are a lot of charities that look after homeless people there are some homeless who are too proud to seek help.
Some young men come over to the UK for work and fall on hard times and are too proud to go home to their families and end up sleeping rough in doorways or anywhere they can find some shelter.
Spare a thought for the homeless wherever you live and give what you can to the charities that look after them.
Feel good on Christmas Day by knowing you’ve helped someone in need.
Editors Note
There are of course a number of homeless charities one can donate to, here is an anything but exhaustive list
This Christmas Day 3rd November 2014 by/Tony Gorman
In a mixed up world full of violence and pain
When just one day of peace on this earth is our gain
And the worries we have are shelved for one day
And bless those that’s sick is a prayer that we say
And compassion is shown for all those that’s in need
And to help those that’s lonely will be part of our deed
And we offer a prayer for our loved ones that’s past
For we know in our hearts that their memories will last
And we watch as the children open up all their gifts
Of dolls and prams and cars parked in garages with lifts
And other assortments of games that kids play
To bring smiles to their faces on this Christmas Day
And when we sit down to tuck into our meal
With the cracker hats on us, we’ll look so surreal
They are part of the things that we all do each year
To bring happiness and love and some real Christmas cheer
And we’ll pray when the New Year’s chimes they ring out
That the call for world peace will be an echoing shout
So to end up my poem just let me say
Have a wonderful Christmas and peace to all on the day
To Eoghan and all the writers on FRG
and to all those who visit the site
have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.
I’ll be back next year with more poems
Take care
Tony
Tony
We would just like to thank you for your beautiful poetry throughout the year.
It has received plenty of compliments from people in our organisation and from much further a field. Your posts bring a warmth to this site that is much needed.
On behalf of the Fountain Resource Group, We would like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and look forward to your poems in 2015!
From
Eoghan (Editor)
and
Tom (FRG Coordinator)