A Holiday Greeting II/imaginary gardens with real toads

A Holiday Greeting  II

A little over the hill

She stands on the corner

With her cardboard sign

Life has not been gentle

Low light

Late afternoon

Snow is predicted

Where will she sleep

I offer what I have

And a holiday greeting

She returns a big smile

December 4, 2018

Empty Chairs/poets united poets pantry -- the sunday whirl world 380

Empty Chairs

What is missing
What is this entity
Which creates space
But is not there?

There is evidence
That is was here
Like an animal
Leaves evidence 

Where it makes it’s bed in the grass
What is the potential
Of finding this missing something?

Does it leave a scent in the air?

This feeling of something missing
Rolls over me
Leaves all wounds bare

Sometimes it is hard to decide

Is there really something missing?
Or is it just an everyday emptiness
I feel…

To overcome the feeling 

Would be a victory
Perhaps it is just a feeling of loss
A festive table set with empty chairs?

No one expected

December 9, 2018

Wordle 380:  missing, potential, with, bare, victory, air, evidence, decide, rolling, me, lose, entity

Merry Christmas to All/imaginary gardens with real toads

Merry Christmas to All

There is a sound of tearing

As the band-aid is ripped 

From the wound

Long ago bound

He stays in his room

Shuns people

The shades drawn

He is Christmas past

Perhaps it is best not to bother him

Allow him to sulk

Feel sorry for himself

He has plenty of reasons

Tick them off like a grocery list

Each year we decorated the tree

Attended church

Santa would arrive

Put stockings on the foot of the bed

Mom and Dad

The whole family around

Christmas is different now

Just you and me

And yet we blow smoke

Keep the fire going

Hold hands in the dark

No, it is not the same

Nothing is

You hold me warm

We kiss good night

Me in my kerchief 

You in your cap

Our hopes are for the new year

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

December 5, 2018

the Secret ingredient of Friendship/dVerse

The Secret Ingredient of Friendship

What is it about a friendship

That lasts for years

Why with one and not another

Why do we like to have one close

Is it the way one looks

The way one acts

Or is it just that I know your name

What is it about you

That in your presence

I feel all warm and fuzzy

Hours fly by

Our conversation is never finished

Over the years it continues

Always starting where we left off

The distance between us is wide

Yet you are always in my heart

December 5, 2018

A Holiday Greeting/imaginary gardens with real toads

A Holiday Greeting

A little over the hill

She stands on the corner 

With her cardboard sign

Life has not been gentle

She is bent forward

In her attempt 

To stand straight

Walk gracefully

The light is low

Late afternoon clouds form

It will probably snow tonight

I wonder where she will sleep

I roll down my window

Offer what I have

And a holiday greeting

She returns a big smile

The air cold

The winds chill

She pulls her blanket

Tight around her 

December 4, 2018