"Ghost of Christmas' Past" by Arianna Schifman '21
​Art by Tim Cote

The dark sets fast 
Each dusk sooner than last 
But with tomorrow comes morning Bringing clouds of snow warning
That winter is coming to stay 
The calendar lies 
Discarded on the table to the right The calendar lies 
Surely December can’t be right 
Christmas is coming to stay
​Only eighteen more todays 
The time during the timeless
To reach out and say
 
We’re home and so is Christmas
And our gift is hope this coming year
And it is all each other’s Christmas
Whether or not we see them here