"The End Of A Busy Day"

There's an emptiness that lingers
with our home in disarray,
from little, busy fingers
that tore tinsel foil away!

The smiles upon their faces,
the gleams within their eyes;
their pounding hearts embraces
the secret of each prize.

The shrill of little voices
that filled a gleeful air,
within my heart rejoices
as I view the wrappings there.

But now they have departed,
at close of Christmas day,
the family we started,
have gone about their way.

The silence that surrounds me;
my lonely thoughts unfold;
brings back my childhood memory
of Christmas days of old.

Now time is of the essence,
each year our children grow;
our grandkids and their parents
have lives to live, I know.

But another day is coming,
and soon it's New Year's day,
our heartstrings will be strumming
when they come again our way!

By William E. Hardison ()

"HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!"