Just Being Together

Breakfast together
I cook and you clean

Movie on the vcr
I watch while you dream

Modern technology
Tablets for two

Nowhere to go
Nothing to do

Just enjoying the day
Being with you.

Holiday Season is Through

Bring the wreath in off the door
Christmas and Epiphany are no more
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Diwali  too
All the holiday's of the season are through

Discarded reminders are all that remain
Pin carcasses, ripped wrappings
torn tinsel and all the trappings
All that the Holidays once contained

Alarms have been set and schedules made
All of the holiday games have been played
early hours back to the grind
Holidays no longer fill our mind

The days will go quickly
The nights will run fast
We'll wonder at the speed of it all
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Holidays will return in no time.

What Next

Now we think of tomorrow
as the new year approaches.
Now we think of tomorrow
and the promises it broaches.

How do we make next year better
for ourselves and for others?
How do we hold fast to dreams
and build dreams for another?

How do  we patiently wait
for prosperity to unfold?
How do we fulfill our
resolutions and goals?

What tomorrow brings
has yet to be told
Can't wait to see
what the new year unfolds.

Three Day Weekend

Three day weekend has come and gone
It was three full days that didn't feel long
So many places, so many events, so much food
It doesn't make sense.

How did the days just slip away?
How did we get to today?
How did the hours just fly by?
How did it happen this way?

Next three day pass is not til November.
It'll take so long we'll barely remember
What it was like to have this much fun
I wish the weekend wasn't done.

Wouldn't it be great
if we could incorporate
a three day weekend every month?

A chance to celebrate
and  take a little break
from the realities that we live.


Three day weekend has come and gone
It was three full days that didn't feel long
How did the hours just fly by?'
I wish the weekend wasn't done.

After the Holiday

Presents are opened.
Dishes are dirty.
All of the house guests left in a flurry.

No more carols to sing;
No more silver bells ring;
All the winter land walking has come to an end.

Now we think of tomorrow
as the new year approaches.
Now we think of tomorrow
and the promises it broaches.

How do we make next year better
for ourselves and for others?
What tomorrow brings,
We have yet to discover.

Resolutions and goals
our prosperity unfolds.
Can't wait to discover
what the new year will hold.