There Is Another Xmas

There is another Xmas Where broken home and street Are piled in cairns of rubble Where death and horror meet There is another Xmas No tills ring in the cheer Where vultures perch on cradles And every town’s a bier There is another Xmas Where war, disease or flood Ravage the population Stain earth with children’s blood There is no Xmas Angel To feed the dispossessed To pour out milk and honey To share the turkey breast No Wise Men to bring comfort With blessings all around Just aid that comes belated To corpses on the ground