The Sandbag Times Issue No: 50
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Yuletide cheer<br />
It’s the time of year that brings so many joys<br />
Carols being sung makes such a cheerful<br />
noise<br />
Children finding it hard to fall asleep<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir curtains twitching as they take a peep<br />
Trees decorated with tinsel and lights<br />
Presents found underneath always excites<br />
All these things bring a little yuletide cheer<br />
Stars of the panto putting on a show<br />
A man dressed in red shouting ho ho ho<br />
His reindeer pulled sleigh dashes through the<br />
night<br />
Hoping snow falls turning everything white<br />
Take a ride down the hillside on our sleigh<br />
Throwing snowballs is a game we all play<br />
All these things bring a little yuletide cheer<br />
Time for all to have some fun and laughter<br />
With a big party to raise the rafters<br />
As we hang up our stocking by the fire<br />
<strong>The</strong>n hope their filled with the things we<br />
desire<br />
Sending cards to family and friends galore<br />
Making holly wreaths to hang on our door<br />
All these things bring a little yuletide cheer<br />
Let’s all join in to spread some yuletide cheer<br />
Written by<br />
Roger Penkethman<br />
Dead lights and Fairy lights<br />
Though you don't see me I am there.<br />
While you stagger home from the Christmas<br />
party I see you stare.<br />
When you're shopping for the turkey.<br />
I am spending the day feeling hungry.<br />
While you're at home with your families.<br />
I am under a bridge all alone and abandoned.<br />
Betrayed by the self righteous elite.<br />
Snubbed by the people I swore to protect.<br />
This is the land that was fit for heroes.<br />
And what I got in return was a big fat zero.<br />
But in the despair, anger and pain of my<br />
plight.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are the angels who bring me back into<br />
the light.<br />
From the fags and brews.<br />
To the warm clothes and comfy shoes.<br />
From the safety from my mental health.<br />
To giving me confidence and a reclaimed<br />
sense of self.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ones who reach out to help.<br />
Even when they are free to turn their backs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ones who refuse to see me cold.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ones who refuse to see me hungry.<br />
<strong>The</strong> good, the kind, the old and the young.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y don't see a homeless man.<br />
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