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ISSUE NO. 17

AUGUST 2024

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Poetry

Christmas Day in Prison

By

Joshua

Joshua was formerly incarcerated in a prison in VIC.

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Christmas day without my family

Was such a terrible burden to bare

No Christmas tree, decorations, no presents

No laughter, no joy, no Christmas fare

No sounds of excited children

Running from their room

To see what’s under that special tree

Was a feeling of shattering gloom

My first Christmas without my family

A torrent of tears, roll down my face

A broken, soul-destroying feeling

That has taken me to a different place

I think of the joyful moments

We all shared on Christmas morn

Looks of delight on the children’s faces

As the ribbons and paper are torn

My heart lies empty and shattered

And my body trembles in pain

Emotions of complete desolation

Next year it will haunt me again

Christmas day without my family

Was such a terrible burden to bare

No Christmas tree, decorations, no presents

No laughter, no joy, no Christmas fare

No sounds of excited children

Running from their room

To see what’s under that special tree

Was a feeling of shattering gloom

My first Christmas without my family

A torrent of tears, roll down my face

A broken, soul-destroying feeling

That has taken me to a different place

I think of the joyful moments

We all shared on Christmas morn

Looks of delight on the children’s faces

As the ribbons and paper are torn

My heart lies empty and shattered

And my body trembles in pain

Emotions of complete desolation

Next year it will haunt me again

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