A Season of Gratitude – Thanksgiving (With apologies to Dr. Seuss)

Happy Thanksgiving Dear Reader,

A day of Thanksgiving

We have every year

We gather and feast

With folks, far and near

We make turkeys and taters.

We cook gravy and pies,

Cranberries, stuffing,

Piled up to our eyes.

We bake and broil

We sauté and fry

We feast and we feast

Then sit back with a sigh

We wash up the dishes

We store all the scraps

Perhaps some more pie

Some take their naps

With our full bellies

We sit ‘round the fire

We chat with our fellows

And soon retire

To beds that are warm

In homes that are filled

With family and heat

To keep out the chill

But I’ve noticed a change

In the way we do things

It’s the kind of a shift

That some sadness brings

When we should be lounging

With sis, mum, and pop

Instead we go out

To the shops just to shop

We turn a day of Thanksgiving

Into shopping and greed

When we exchange quiet for chaos

There are warnings to heed.

It troubles me much

That we shop and we spend

Be the day of giving thanks

Has its chance to end

Put up a tree

Play and old song

Stay with your family

It won’t be that long

Wait for tomorrow

The shop doors to crash

You needn’t worry

They’ll still take your cash

It is a day of Thanksgiving

So please take some time

To show you grateful

For the good things you find

You could start a list

You could write a new song

Gather your family

And pass thanks along

You could help a neighbor

You could find a stranger in need

You don’t have to stay home

There are poor folks to feed

Whatever you do

Dear Reader know this

On this day of Thanksgiving

You are one of my gifts

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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