The Year Ending
Sorting through accumulated things,
and placing them in a box:
a journal,
photographs,
notes on scraps of paper,
a scribbled-on calendar,
greeting cards,
colorful sea shells,
a leaf between folded paper.
Bits and pieces gathered
along the journey of the year ending.
Although we welcome the new year
there is a touch of longing
for the time that has passed.
Sorting through accumulated things,
and placing them in a box:
a journal,
photographs,
notes on scraps of paper,
a scribbled-on calendar,
greeting cards,
colorful sea shells,
a leaf between folded paper.
Bits and pieces gathered
along the journey of the year ending.
Although we welcome the new year
there is a touch of longing
for the time that has passed.
