Oh Holy Night
Refrain
Nearly unintelligible
Through
The poly-rhythmic
Synthesized
Melodic line
"Fall on your knees"
"Oh hear, the angels voices...."
Nothing...
I repeat
Nothing...
Angelic about that"
Consumption
Desecration
Not Holy....
Wholly...
Missing the mark!
Look there
Upon yon
Flocked
Genetically engineered
Fir
A
WalMart Angel
What might
Your voice say
My tinsel clad
Effigy?
"Would you
Listen
Were
I to speak?"
Sure!
Knock yourself out!
"What
Is on your
Heart?"
"Well, for starters
It's nearing
The darkest
Time of year
Meanwhile
Everything is
Draped
In lights"
"Hmm...
This is however,
Not what is
Weighing so
Heavily on
You..."
"What would
You know
About it?"
"You embody
The problem!!"
"Just
Wrap it all
In tinsel
And
Everything
Will be
Alright!"
"How
Will you observe
The season?"
"What is
Your idea
Of
Appropriate?"
"Well...
It should be
Real
No pretending
To be
Joyous
&
Festive
When that's
Not how
You feel
"Hmm...
So you
Don't feel
Joyous & festive
How do you
Feel then?"
"Nobody cares....."
"I wouldn't
Ask
If I didn't
Care..."
"Well....
For what it's worth
I'm very sad
There's been
So much
Loss
I was
Never allowed....
Which
Is to
Also say
I
Wouldn't allow
The
Sadness.."
"This
Is the worst
Time
To be
Alone
With grief"
"Why
Must you
Be
Alone?"
"There
Is
No
Time or space
For grief
At
The best
Of
Times
Least
of all
Now.....
There's
No tolerance
For a
Kill-joy
At the party!"
"Kill-Joy"
"What a
Strange idea."
"Joy cannot
Be killed."
And
"If you
Are using
The idea
To describe
Yourself
It's
No wonder
You feel
So miserable."
"Why
Would you
Presume
You
Are not
Welcome
Just
As you
Are?
"In truth
I don't
Think
I'm welcome
At my
Best
So certainly,
My worst
Cannot
Be welcome!!"
"This idea
Of
Best
&
Worst
(of you)
Is
Erroneous
There is
Only
You!"
"Are
You saying
You
Have been
Told
You
Are not welcome?"
"Well....
No.
Let's say
Common sense
Tells
Me so!"
"Just
So you know,
It's not
as "common"
As you
Might believe
(Thank goodness)
It's
Not even
Kind"
"You will
Never know
The
Love
Others
Have
To offer
You
If
You
Keep saying
No!"
"It's
really
That simple."
"Do you remember
How this
Conversation started?"
"Yes...
You asked,
"Would I listen,
Were you
To speak?"
"And what
Was your
Answer?"
"I said, sure"
(more or less)
"Indeed .. more or less..."
"You did
Answer yes
Didn't you!!"
"And that,
Made all
The difference."
"If
You had said,
No
There would
Have been
No conversation"
"Love
Is,
No different."
"Love
Can heal
And transform"
"It can
Remove
The need
For
Doors (walls)"
"But
It won't
Knock
The door
Down."
"It
Will wait
"outside"
Until you
Open
The door"
"It's
Your choice."
"It
Is your
Sacred heart
Your
Holy Night"
"What?
Is required
To worship
With you
And your
Heart?"
"Who
Will be
There?"
"Time of Silence?"
"When?"
"Where?"
"How long?"
"Connect"
"Don't deflect"
"Come/go"
"You owe
No explanation."
"Don't
Let habituated
Limited reason
Diminish
You
Or
The "Season."
"You
Have no idea
The shape
or
Form
Of
"Love's
Army of
Messengers"
"This time
A
Walmart Angel"
"Next time
Maybe
The messenger
Is you!!"
"Imagine....."
"You,
The next,
"Walmart Angel!!"
"Oh Holy Night..."
R. O'Neill (December 15, 2019)
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