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Thankfulness Week 17

I see the Christmas lights, twinkling at night,
And suddenly ev’ry memory bright,
Rushes over me like a stream of love,
Then am I lost in the nostalgic flood.
And all who have left me are here in my heart,
They inhabit Christmas, will not depart.
A reverie of laughter, voices swell,
Songs ring out and in the distance, church bells.
These happy times in my memory stay,
Though ev’ry year they slip further away .
I am ever thankful that they haunt me still,
And pray that old age will never distill,
These precious people from my remembrance,
Nor block the path of my soul’s transcendence.


Though many loved ones from this world are gone,
At Christmas-time, in my heart, they live on.


14 Lines
Sonnet

For "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2025-2026)" 

Prompt - Thankfulness