It Wasn't The One That I Bought

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It Wasn't The One That I Bought

auntsh
Junior Member

since 1999-07-18

Posts 11
Saginaw, Tx, USA

0 posted 1999-12-03 11:26 PM

What can I give?
What can I do?
I have so little to share,
For a gift for you.

These thoughts came to me one season.
I had little sources I thought.
When I realized the best gift of all,
Was not one which I had bought.

The baskets of things I had made
From my kitchen and from my heart.
Or the gift book containing coupons
Of which you could tear apart.

Trips to the store when you're homebound
Or a spring cleaning for a day
An offer to take the pet to vet
Or a car tune up along the way

You usually had the necessary things
And that made it hard, so I thought
You said I had the perfect gift for you,
But it wasn't the one that I bought.

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

1 posted 1999-12-03 11:57 PM

How true, Auntsh...

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

2 posted 1999-12-04 12:03 PM

Lovely! A good thought too! Sometimes we need to stop being so materialistic!

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 1999-12-04 07:36 AM

May I add that you may have forgot
one little gift, companionship?
A simple letter of sweet thought,
does not need to be bought,
but surely the best form of friendship.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

4 posted 1999-12-04 09:27 PM

This is what it's supposed to be all about in my book!

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Jesus is the reason for the season

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

5 posted 1999-12-05 05:44 PM

Well said....!!
Enjoyed your piece much Auntsh....

A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire!

Ohme
Senior Member

since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

6 posted 1999-12-06 03:16 PM

I think a perfect gift comes from the heart, not the store!! Lovely thought

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