Hope you are having a terrific weekend!

Cindy

MERRY CHRISTMAS, PRECIOUS





THE EMPTY BASKET


Years ago, I bought a basket.
Plain, unappealing –
Weave already unraveled - I only paid one dollar –
I set the basket on the shelf.
Separated, secluded –
And there it stood - unbefitting the decor –

I filled that basket, with defeated dreams –
My lonely heart, my deserted thoughts –
I loaded that basket, with yearning love –
My unspoken need, my every want –

I found myself gazing, often, in fondness –
A beautiful reminder, for somber times –
My hands may be empty, my pockets uninhabited –
Aloneness taking its toll, privation draping its veil –

The basket stands proud, holding seeds of intangibility –
Unfaltering in its stance, draped with valor, still –

Today my gift to you, an empty basket –
Plain, unappealing - weave already unraveled –
All I could afford was a dollar –

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© Deborah Simpson
www. dsimpson. biz. ly


MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING
YOU TRANQUILITY AND PROSPERITY-

MUCH LOVE, ALWAYS AND A DAY

~Deborah