02-24-2015, 02:57 PM
The palpable, prodigious
weight of waiting
for the moment when Papa
will gather everyone
around the tree.
Did you see all the presents?
Packages of blue and white stripes,
some with ribbon others with bows;
piquing the imagination of brothers
and sisters with what they hold.
Surely one has to be that toy dump truck,
the yellow one with the big black wheels
and an orange bed for hauling rocks.
The whirl of thoughts nearly overshadows
the fact that Papa is now standing by the tree.
weight of waiting
for the moment when Papa
will gather everyone
around the tree.
Did you see all the presents?
Packages of blue and white stripes,
some with ribbon others with bows;
piquing the imagination of brothers
and sisters with what they hold.
Surely one has to be that toy dump truck,
the yellow one with the big black wheels
and an orange bed for hauling rocks.
The whirl of thoughts nearly overshadows
the fact that Papa is now standing by the tree.