Thanksgiving has come and gone
and all that is left to carry on
with Christmas next on the list
when everyone is supposed to wish
Good Health and Happiness to one and all
and to the religious to heed the call
be nice to your neighbor and wish them well
and keep to yourself no secrets to tell
it matters not who sings the song
all that is left is to carry on.
go to the store and spoil the kids
and get them whatever  they wish
for kids they will not be for long
and before you know it big and strong
as people with their own family
inviting you to their Christmas Tree
and you will sit at their table of food
before long with grand kids to add to the brood
and then you will say “What a wonderful day”
as your life if finally slipping away
and old you will be as you look at the tree
and remember back at what you see
all those many years ago
when the kids were young and you put on a show
exactly like the one today
only fifty years later as you say
“Where did the time go I’m too old to play”
as you sit in the chair with your Grand Kids today
and remember those Christmases of years gone by
the time that has passed you understand why
it has nothing to do with the time of year
the Family together bringing good cheer
its the warmth and love that a family brings
to an old man and his wife the Mother of all things.

Written 11/25/2018