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Light Verse
The Traveling
Christmas Tree
The time was Christmas week:
A family vacation planned.
But little David said,
"it can't be Christmas
without a Christmas tree".
Sitting in the drug store window
was this sorry little tree
not even a foot high
and as straggly as could be.
But with some Christmas balls
and some tinsel too
it became a little treasure
to take where ere we go.
Everywhere we take
this little traveling tree—
we add another remembrance,
a delight to see.
It's become a family treasure,
our little traveling Christmas tree,
reminding us:
Christmas would not be Christmas
without a tree.
Places
There is a place on my back
Where I can't reach to scratch
Like the place in my heart
that can never be matched.
My lover is gone now—
He can never come back...
The place on my back
I can't reach to scratch.
"As Time Goes
By"
When you're alone
Too much time to think...
Life seems to have
gone by in a blink.
Children once small,
now all grown,
living a life
that is all their own.
Turn that corner once again—
Find out what's waiting
'round the bend.
Moving
Moving! it's such a trial.
You begin to wonder
is it really worth while?
And why should this be
the time to re-group?
Why can't we just
take it all in one scoop?
But no, we must try to decide
what to part with
or take on the ride.
And then, when we do
finally arrive...
it seems the things
we left behind
are now remembered
and are what we now want!
Coffee
A cup of coffee tastes so good,
but what would coffee tell you
"if it only could?"
You have your coffee
and you start your day—
Should things not go
as you hoped they would
someone is sure to say,
"have some coffee
and all will feel better."
Should there be a reason
to be really sad,
someone will say,
"I'll get you a cup of coffee—
It will help you get through."
But the best part of coffee
is what it means—
getting together
to share your dreams
When you walk down the hall
to greet your friends
and that wonderful aroma
of coffee is in the air.
You think of the good times,
good friends and getting together
which makes the world feel
just so much better.
Now that's what coffee
would tell you,
"if it only could,"
for that's why coffee
smells so good.
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