Hello Bob.
Thanks for this reminder of the season (of good-will). I have made it a 'thing' to write a rhyme each year about this time of the year and most of them have been squirrelled away in my book 'B.Withers in Winter'. However, as I like the habit of coming up with a seasonal rhyme, I will not attach an old rhyme to your post but try to pen a new one. Hopefully, in the next few days.
Best wishes
Bill
Alright, so you have prompted me to write some seasonal rhymes today! I feel sure that there are more to come on the Covid theme, but they will probably emerge towards the new year, when things might look brighter.
Best wishes
Bill
THIS IS THE SEASON.
This is the season of goodwill,
where some folks think they should distil
their kindness into this brief time
and save the rest for unkind crime.
Each and every year, the same
people seem to have no shame,
professing that they are so kind,
forgetting what they've left behind.
The victims of their crimes will still
be reeling from their past ill-will,
but that won't matter to these folk
for they don't bear that heavy yoke.
They'll do their acts of charity,
pretending there is parity,
while they are plotting for next year
when they'll forego this season's cheer.
This is the season for amity,
a reason for peace and harmony,
but it's designed to be quite short
and afterwards it comes to nought.
These people will put on a show,
to try to let everyone know
that they can have benevolence,
whilst hiding their malevolence.
This is the season where the poor
are hoodwinked into wanting more,
so, they are conned out of their cash
simply for their Christmas bash.
This is a season I detest,
when charlatans will do their best
to get the poor and the oppressed
to spend as if they are possessed.
Be Withers 2020
THIS IS THE SEASON 2.
This is the season to be kind,
where all good Christians bear in mind
the birth of Jesus Christ their Lord,
who favoured kindness over sword.
This is the season to be bright,
where once a year we put things right,
or that's the way it ought to be
for that's the way that they taught me.
This is the season we relax,
with Christmas as the great climax,
so, people get together and
think they're on the same waveband.
This is the season to have fun
and try to forgive everyone,
including those who have been mean
and those whose harm may go unseen.
I do know that there are those who
tend to be kind the whole year through,
so, they don't need a season to
make a great show and ballyhoo.
This is the season I withdraw,
for all the bad things that I saw
throughout the year gone by that I
cannot forget, although I try.
This is the season of good cheer,
as Covid vaccines now seem near,
but there are leaders who have tried
to make sure many people died.
And, with so many people dead,
maybe it's time to look ahead,
and learn from bad things in our past
so, we can work to cure them fast.
Be Withers 2020
