Poetic Verses
Empty Nest Christmas
Christmas conjures up images
Of all the days gone by
Where family gathered at hearth and home
And all that makes you sigh
Little ones with wide eyed wonder
Stare at the lighted tree
Stockings hung to anticipate
The magic that would be
But time has its way to take
The innocence away
In its place leaves grown up truths
Of times that never stay
And on the eve of Christmas
By the tree there I stand
Without surrounding little ones
Holding no little one's hand
The chimes still ring the carols sing
Of the birth that was foretold
Yet in my humble silence wait
As you let your life unfold
I anticipate with childlike dreams
Of a full house so merry
And plan and hope with all my heart
Yet guests there are nary
So merry Christmas one and all
As I turn down the light
It's an empty nest Christmas
And a truly silent night
12/23/19
Of all the days gone by
Where family gathered at hearth and home
And all that makes you sigh
Little ones with wide eyed wonder
Stare at the lighted tree
Stockings hung to anticipate
The magic that would be
But time has its way to take
The innocence away
In its place leaves grown up truths
Of times that never stay
And on the eve of Christmas
By the tree there I stand
Without surrounding little ones
Holding no little one's hand
The chimes still ring the carols sing
Of the birth that was foretold
Yet in my humble silence wait
As you let your life unfold
I anticipate with childlike dreams
Of a full house so merry
And plan and hope with all my heart
Yet guests there are nary
So merry Christmas one and all
As I turn down the light
It's an empty nest Christmas
And a truly silent night
12/23/19
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