Same thing happens
every year:
after Thanksgiving
the whole world
seemed to be dressed
in red and green
and snow white with colored lights
with everyone was playing
the same music
and then on
December 26
it all stops
all the laughter
all the music
all the togetherness
and everything just gets
dark and cold
and dull
every January
I go into my post-Christmas funk
I know it's all
an illusion of
togetherness
this worldwide party
to celebrate the birth of Jesus
In December its easier
to accept my longing
for a larger shared experience
for something special
maybe even a miracle
so as I gather the Christmas
decorations and the cds and
put them back into storage
I wait out January
determined that it won't
get me down
and I look forward
to the anniversary of my sobriety
to my wife's birthday
to Valentine's Day
to February.