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don’t ask people
what they got from
Christmas this year
instead
ask them what they
think they’ll remember
about this particular
Christmas in twenty years
I bet that
it won’t be the gifts
they tore into
~ it will be the people
they snuggled
our hearts only can
hold so many memories
before they start to
leak out of their spongey
red beating sides
our hearts have to be
very selective
in which experiences
they absorb
in twenty years
you won’t be able
to exactly remember
what you got for
Christmas in 2022
but you’ll be able
to recall in vivid
detail who you were
with
~ and how warm they
made you feel
~ and how tightly you
held each other
throughout the day
in twenty years
you won’t remember
how the roast
turned out
but you will
remember
how your loved
ones veins glowed
as you wrapped
your hands
around theirs
underneath a
sky of twinkling
yuletide angels
~ john roedel (johnroedel.com)
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Wishing you the most peaceful holiday season. I'm so grateful you have joined me on this journey.
You still have time to purchase my poetry wall calendar for 2023. If you order it today you will receive a link to be a part of an exclusive online poetry reading in January.
I would be honored if you would consider letting my poetry hold your hand throughout the new year.
