TheBanyanTree: christmas eve

[Sachet]

A lovely and peaceful reflection, Mikey.

I'm very glad you shared it.

(And I am so envious of the bagel. I do miss Panera.)

...AB~

Mike Pingleton wrote:
> late breakfast at Panera
> (cranberry walnut bagel,
> deepest darkest of coffees),
> poised on the cusp
> of the day's last errands.
> rain rolls down the plate
> glass window, light but
> steady for the second day
> and did we dodge a
> snow white bullet or what?
> at the next table a boy
> about ten is telling his
> his grandparents all about
> the battle of gettysburg
> stories of soldiers and
> what some kid at school said
> and I'm a fly on the wall,
> he's telling them about the books
> he likes to read and grandma
> and grandpa are hanging on
> every word and it's obvious
> that they're together for the
> holidays, there's no angst or
> discord and they're open to
> each other in that loving way
> that skipped generations have
> for each other. oh, I'm not
> ready to go just yet, grandma
> says, and neither am I, their
> chatter a balm,
> their presence a peace,
> an unexpected present
> on this eve of eves.
>