The Sweetest Hugs And Kisses

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Open Poetry #23

The Sweetest Hugs And Kisses

D.Lester Young
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since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-12-13 04:11 AM

It is the Season
Of hugs and kisses
With some of the sweetest
Things to do

Grandma’s Holiday kitchen
Baking in smells of heavenly wishes
Grandpa’s turning
Into little kids again
Smiling as if they found
The fountain of youth

Grandkids so vivacious
That they make the sounds
Which relive the past
Spoiled in grandmother’s ways

Generations melting together
In the warmth
Of the evergreen tree
Loaded with candy canes
And so many fond memories

Ornaments from all the years
Each one with all the emotion
To bring back special recollections
Of the family tradition
Of getting together
To celebrate the years blessings

Eggnog with something extra added
Telling stories from loving parents
In front of a fireplace mantle
Full of pictures and remembrances

Story telling so warming
That the charm surrounds
Everyone in a magical glow
As children listen
In grandpa’s lap
But always seem
To end up in mother’s arms

Children then put to bed
In loving care
With blankets so soft
The comfort carries a lifetime

While grown ups
Revive the tales
Till the yawning
Takes its toll

Bringing parents
To wrap up
Their bundle of joys
Child in one hand
And grandparents gifts
In the other

In the tender gift
A mother kisses her child
And then hers
In the love so sweet
That it never sours

So as the house
Gets so lonely again
Grandpa hugs grandma
In the tears
Of being so lucky

D.Lester Young 12/12/2002
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

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