A representation of safety and happiness…always.
As a wee boy life was hurt and bare
There was no real family for me to share
Christmas came without a toy
I’ll never forget my life as a wee boy
A football sock contained an apple and a pear
Merry Christmas wee Robbie without a care
But a moment sitting by a Christmas tree
Dried my tears and set my wee heart free
My mind would be happy and safe is how I’d feel
If only for a moment making my life not real
No religion in my head as I’m awake in my bed
Thinking of life beyond missing being fed
But the tree to me meant all that was good
In a world where children had no food
Or even security from day to day
While forced by parents to sit and pray
As we look around the world today
Broken would be the word I’d say
If there’s a present I could have to represent 2025
It would be for global human dignity to at last come alive
No more deaths of innocent civilians by those in power
Manipulated by sociopaths with money…the shower
Stand up for what’s right and call out the shower of shite
Don’t fall for the spin and look for the light
If everyone took a moment to sit by the tree
It’s amazing the kind of world we all would begin to see
That we would want for our kids, and their kids too
Let’s make the world better and turn over the few
Bob Shepherd 