
Photo: Annie Spratt on Unsplash
It is time for the presents
It is time for the wraps
It is time for the ribbons
All the holiday traps.
You will ooh and will ahh
You will grin in delight
And I’ll hold my breath hoping
Your smile holds upon sight.
It will be what you wanted
Whether you know it or not
Because no matter the present
It wasn’t one that you bought.
As the evening progresses
And the empty box stares
I will hope you remember
Just how deeply I care.
So I gift you the plenty
That I hold in my heart
And the dream of tomorrow
Where we shan’t be apart.
For the dVerse challenge: gift rhymes
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Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
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XOXO to you! π
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Wonderful!
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Yay hurray! π Thank you, my friend!
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Lovely thoughts!
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Thank you, Merril! π
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You’re welcome!
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A gentle message of giving and receiving. Simply beautiful, Na’ama.
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Yay hurray! π Yes to the message of giving and receiving, which is embedded – in one way or the other – in every exchange of the heart. π
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Whatever the season, this is a beautiful poem with a beautiful thought. π
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Thank you, Crispina! π Yes, whatever the season. When it’s time for gifts, the heart is the best! π
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It is π
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I like the gifting of the plenty in one’s heart.
Also these lines: “And Iβll hold my breath hoping
Your smile holds upon sight.” That would be my worry as well.
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So glad you liked it, Frank!
In the end, the gifts that matter ARE about the plenty in the heart, aren’t they? π And … we probably all hold our breath a little bit, hoping that our gift ‘hits the spot’ … π Happy Holidays to you and yours! Na’ama
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, Freya! π
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So much we can give beyond what’s actually in the package.
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Exactly! perfectly said! π Happy Holidays!
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