We create the world we live in

Christmas day is a wonderful day
The wishes, the gifts and the decorations
Helping us to create the world we live in.

Many times
That might sound odd
Impossible
So many forces drag us in so many ways
We become puppets
We surrender to survive

At the same time
We try our best
To make the world we want it to be
And live in it
Like immigrant homes
An oasis
A tiny reproduction of the home away from home

We think of festivals
Twinkling lights, dragons and saints
We create gods in our own image
Out of clay, marble
Stone or plastics or paintings
Make them beautiful, serene
We give them power to protect us
Like Ganesh
From the horror we can face
in our daily lives

We create myths
Helena, Leda, Vishnu and Siva,
The garden of Eden
The spirits to guide us
The force to protect us
As superman
Bionic woman
Spiderman
And
Durga

We burn incense
We become born again
We find Satan or saviors
In the same person
And we pray and fall prey
And live
In the world we create for ourselves.