Seasonal Lights

I walk through my neighborhood
during the season of light
at night
with a dark and barren sky
and a blanket of snow covers the walks and lawns
and I peek through undraped windows
admiring their brightly lit tree
illuminated by green and red and blue
or sometimes a simple white bulb
sits in each window pane
with the bulb's stem dressed with a red bow
sometimes a huge Santa Claus dressed in red
sits lit on the roof
while other yards have every branch of every tree
wearing a string of lights like a boa
all of this to celebrate
peace and hope for all mankind
yet next door to some of these energy wasting displays
 there is a the house without any lights
for this neighbor is poor and cold and hungry