I set out two days before Christmas
To beach-walk the holidays through,
Bunking with twenty-three strangers
Who relished to be alone too.
Happy with nature’s fine company,
No need for the trappings of home,
We twenty-four souls would be grateful –
Together by being on our own.
Well, nothing is quite as expected:
Twenty-three souls having fun
Belonged each to couples and families;
I, the sole party of one.
I left on the day before Christmas
Not onward, but back to the start
To friends, Swiss and English and German
Prior with whom I did part.
A Christmas Day dinner of pasta
Instead of dried fruit on its own,
And a table of young solo travelers
Who thought they’d spend Christmas alone.
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Merry Christmas, wherever you are, whoever you’re with. – D.
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cool poem~
I’m on my own too this Christmas, but that is not unusual for me. My elves and angels all have four paws~
Merry Christmas
.-= Char (PSI Tutor:Mentor)´s last blog ..What are the Research Findings on Projective Tests? =-.
Friends need not be human :)
Merry Christmas Char!
Hahah, love the poem =), for New Years I request a haiku! =p
The only reason why Santa Clause is so darn jolly is cause he knows where all the naughty girls live…that elf loving perv!
Merry Christmas To You Too! =D
.-= Matthew Michael´s last blog ..Reflected Puddles Of Thought Our Fragile Hearts Must Be =-.
Once I get started on Haiku I can’t stop, so I think I might prefer not to open that can of worms at all. Maybe after some wine…
Merry Christmas, David! If it makes you feel any better… WE MISS YOU!!!
:)
.-= Lisis´s last blog ..All I Want For Christmas Is… =-.
I miss you too Lis! Feliz Navidad!
I’ll remain nomadic for another two months or so, then I hope to make a smashing return to our blogging ‘hood.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Alex
Merry Christmas David! I hope you had an enjoyable day:)
I did. I cut my five-day walk short by three days and spent those days enjoying the company of my new friends. It was perfect. Hope your Christmas was great too Tina.
.-= David´s last blog ..Christmas Alone =-.
Hi again David :)
So nice to hear your voice on boxing day! I am glad that you made merry in the far away places and are enjoying your new comrades.
I knew there was a poet in you yet–from one to another, I am impressed with your prose. We also really enjoyed viewing your latest photos and tales.
All the best and I hope you enjoy ringing in 2010 wherever you are and whoever you’re with…
*hug*
So good to talk to you too. Like I said, I was even missing fruitcake somehow (fruitcake!) and to talk to someone back in a busy Christmasy household back in snowy Canada really made me feel a little more at home. Enjoy your New Year too. This last year was a pretty good one wasn’t it :)
.-= David´s last blog ..Christmas Alone =-.
My Christmas alone was relaxing and peaceful. I definitely made the best of it. And now…. Happy New Year to you.
.-= Nea | Self Improvement Saga´s last blog ..The Tranquility of Aloneness Without Loneliness =-.
David, I know, it’s ages ago….however, it was great spending Christmas with you!! And as I told you ages ago….there will always be a spare bed for you – in Switzerland!!
Katja! That was a wonderful Christmas and I’ll never forget it. I will make it to Switzerland soon. Europe is on my mind… If not in 2014 then the next year.
Cool, I’m looking forward to seeing you in 2014!!