"take a look at yourself" | Christmas Poetry Collection: Poem 5

Take a look at yourself, 

my dear friend

You've arrived at December

Almost another trip around the sun

Through this year

did you think you'd be here?

When you sat in that exam hall

or stared at the roof of your 

room in the hospital

Maybe you had to greet 

someone special

Or lost invaluable belongings

Did you think you’d be here?

When the town you grew up in 

faded further away in the 

rearview mirror

Or something familiar 

became unfamiliar

Maybe someone’s words cut 

deeper than you thought

Or you gave one last treat to your 

childhood dog

Take a look at yourself,

my dear friend

On those days you thought

would it ever end?

You probably didn’t think

you’d be here

Almost another trip around the sun

Only stronger and wiser

and very much loved

JB

 about the poem 

I want people who have had a tough year to be proud of the fact that they've arrived at December. When the year brings all sorts of challenges, we can sometimes think will we ever get to the end of the year. I wanted to write a poem that acknowledges those feelings and experiences, but also shines a light on how we did arrive at the end of 2024, where you can look at yourself in the mirror and say, "I am strong".

Happy Holidays x

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