Holidays, O Holy Days

This is when we stop
and think.
This is when we look
and listen.

To our hearts,
and yours,
and others we meet.

Why should we need
these moments of retreat?

Because the rest
of our lives
have become so unholy
with life -
our jobs,
our images,
our determination to strive
to climb a ladder too high
for us all.

These holidays
allow us
the chance
to climb back down
to humanity
and solid ground
before we fall.

So don't allow
yourself
to slip into the trap
of the business
of the holidays,

Instead,
allow
youself
to lie down
in the peace
of the holiness
of the holidays.

And maybe,
just maybe,
we can become
normal
again.