A Doomed Christmas

Silent snow, falling ash Lights dim under winter's lash The air is cold, the sky is black Hollow echoes, no turning back In empty streets, shadows drift Tattered wreaths and candles snuffed Carols fade in mournful cries Underneath these dying skies This Christmas is buried in sorrow No hope for a bright tomorrow A yultide steeped in endless night A doomed Christmas, lost to blight No warmth, no joy, no ember's light Just endless dark on this cursed night A season lost, all joy consumed This empty hearth, a sign of doom Wreaths of thorns, bells that moan Ghostly choirs, chilled to bone Christmas spirit, pale and frail Echoes through a frozen veil This Christmas is buried in sorrow No hope for a bright tomorrow A yultide steeped in endless night A doomed Christmas, lost to blight Silent night, forever stilled A word so cold, and dreams unfilled As frost consumes each memory This doomed Christmas, eternally