November 29, 2019
Photo by Krasmira Banova
Giving Thanks
A Poem by Hilde Oleson
One day of thanks? One day when every day is crowded with gifts? I have a loved one who wishes me surprises Every day. So surely they come. His joyful wishes make me watchful. I wait, looking around the corners of my life For the next surprise. It may be small, and if I had not been watching I would have missed it. Sometimes it would have had no meaning If I had seen it long ago But now I have learned the lesson of appreciation. The reflection of the sunset in my neighbor’s window. The sliver of sun that slid in through the clouds. The sound of a tune that brings back memories. One last bloom of a rose before the snow Brings a new beauty to the land. The grouchy neighbor who smiles today. A life of safety, a home and bed for every night. But most of all, the ability to love intensely And learn how love, once a surprise, becomes the basis for a life.
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