He's not there anymore
Tammy Killian 1960 (Indiana)
On the courthouse lawn nor in the town hall
and you won't find a manger scene at the mall.
His name is not mentioned when you enter a store.
They changed it to Xmas, not Christ anymore.
His teachings have been taken from the public schools.
The 10 commandments are now no longer the rules
"Merry Christmas" is something now said in the past.
Trees once called Christmas and now "Holiday" fast.
The whole reason for Christmas is not for the presents.
To redeem mankind is was Jesus was sent.
The manger is empty and the tomb is too.
So remember to keep the spirit of Christmas inside of you.
About this poem
I wrote this poem a few years back when they starting changing the greeting in local box stores at Christmas time before commercialism became the main idea,
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Written on December 25, 2010
Submitted by FreeNora2020 on December 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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