Christmas Comes Once A Year <br />by Barbara Lynn Terry <br /> <br />Christmas comes only once a year, <br />And so does my sadness and fear, <br />That I will be all alone again. <br />Because my family cannot sustain, <br />Their acceptance of this girl in me. <br /> <br />Christmas comes only once a year, <br />Along with my loneliness and tears. <br />My dinner is at a meal site, <br />Where servings are small and light, <br />And I eat in silence dreading my plight. <br /> <br />Christmas comes only once a year, <br />But I don't understand why they're not here, <br />To celebrate the birth of our Lord, <br />Who will free us from all discord, <br />And me who will be so bored. <br /> <br />Christmas comes only once a year, <br />I wish to God my family could hear, <br />The sobbing and sniffles of a sad <br />Little girl who never did anything bad. <br />Oh why at me are they so mad? <br /> <br />Christmas comes only once a year, <br />A day of love and great cheer, <br />They are so distant and yet so near. <br />So why can't they be here, <br />To celebrate with me, this blessed day, <br />That once a year comes this way?<br /><br />Barbara Lynn Terry<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/christmas-comes-once-a-year/
