KJ Eastwick
Slightly crazy writer and passionate educator for those who struggle
The introvert inside of me
The dread I feel at Christmas
The crowds that cannot be escaped
My introvert, so successfully hidden
Has nowhere to turn
Has nowhere to find an interlude
Of Quiet
Of Sereneness
Nowhere now is safe
This recluse inside of me
Puts up with many things
Of facing students all day long
Then facing children’s sports
It gets to the end of a long school year
And wants nothing more to hide
But then comes Christmas
Wam and Bam
Parties, functions and then the fam.
My introvert just wants to curl up and snuggle
A book, a pen and paper, a cup of tea, a good movie
Some take away and quiet time
So now I hang, two days before
The longest social function
Enforcing a quiet day of solitude
Content to be social only with myself.
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KJ Eastwick 
😦 It’s hard I imagine… Uhg I couldn’t imagine being around all those students. I liked your poem.
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Thanks
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I used to feel just as you do. I finally have the peace and quiet – my boys are grown and gone, my husband and I are retired (we were both teachers) and last year we moved to a quiet country setting, and we’ve drastically cut back on the ‘hustle and bustle’ of the season. We spend most of the Christmas season quietly at home now (including Christmas Day; the boys and their wives and my granddaughter come on Boxing Day). Its a nice change of pace, and feeds my inner introvert! (May I also say that you have a wonderful way with words; that you can write a poem so ‘effortlessly’ every day impresses me enormously!)
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Thank you. I am looking forward to quiet Christmases but in the mean time I will simply steal a few quiet moments when I can. (I have many years left of hussle and bussle). Merry Christmas
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If you want to avoid Christmas, then you can go to China :). You will see how fake it is actually :).
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🙂
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