this is a poem...pre thanksgiving....
and is written for a number
of people on site who will
be either alone....or find the
holiday difficult....for various reasons....
please be kind....and share the love....some are going through....hard times.
i know this lady
a friend of mine
who will sit alone on thanksgiving
to her, in many ways
this year has been unkind
with death, sickness and
memories that bind....
she still has much to be thankful for and this she
knows....
but the table is lonesome
and the world has lost it's
glow....
at present housebound
or i know...she would go
ease the suffering of others
passing turkey and stuffing
around,
with a kind word and a smile...
for she is known to go the extra mile...
when one thinks....
there are many like this....
many who spend the holidays
adrift....
or lost in a place...hard to find
we are thankful for this day
but don't let the celebrations
get in the way....
reach out in kindness,
and let it be known....
these people marginalized
are not alone....
Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:38 PM UTC
this is a poem...pre thanksgiving....
and is written for a number
of people on site who will
be either alone....or find the
holiday difficult....for various reasons....
please be kind....and share the love....some are going through....hard times.
i know this lady
a friend of mine
who will sit alone on thanksgiving
to her, in many ways
this year has been unkind
with death, sickness and
memories that bind....
she still has much to be thankful for and this she
knows....
but the table is lonesome
and the world has lost it's
glow....
at present housebound
or i know...she would go
ease the suffering of others
passing turkey and stuffing
around,
with a kind word and a smile...
for she is known to go the extra mile...
when one thinks....
there are many like this....
many who spend the holidays
adrift....
or lost in a place...hard to find
we are thankful for this day
but don't let the celebrations
get in the way....
reach out in kindness,
and let it be known....
these people marginalized
are not alone....
as an australian...this holiday is but a novelty to me....but for some...it is a great celebration of love and family...and for some...it is a sad weekend of loneliness and losss....this poem is about no single person...but rather a conglomerate of
comments that have come to
my inbox from several people
...
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