Dec. 15 - 'Tis the Season

When December rolls around and the winter break looms on the horizon, there is a call to friends that arises within. The desire to reconnect is strong. To catch-up with friends far away is a delight. To see people who are closer but with whom you don't get to spend enough time because of busy lives, is restorative. And it is also time to reflect on friends no longer here, to remember how you still hold them dear.

*** December 15th ***

'Tis the Season

Gather friends

When winter is cold and dark

Laughing and drinking together

Making merry

Memory is warmth

Time

Warmth is memory

Merry-making

Together drinking and laughing

Dark and cold is winter when

Friends Gather

*** Poem in Palindrome Form ***