Read the Poems
Now once again the time is here, the time for us to play
We’ll laugh together dance and sing and drink a glass of wine.
For Valentines’ the day when we will share with those we Love
The hopes and dreams that started when we first sat down to dine.
Should we sit and watch a game of basketball or hockey
Or go out shopping in the mall and shop until we fall.
But in the end the choice is clear we know what we will do
We’ll join our friends who know us well and then we’ll have a ball.
A party will be starting soon and some of us may dance
And many more will talk all night and never stop to rest.
Then as the evening passes by and some of us get drunk
We’ll thing of other Saturdays when we strayed from the nest.
The nest of our old family where we began our lives
From whence we came long years ago when we were still quite young.
The years have passed, we’ve studied well the many games we play
We learned the rules and changed a few for friends we live amoung.
But as we settle down to life and look back on our past
It is with pleasure we recall the joyful times we spent.
The holidays that took us far away from what we knew
When strangers came into our lives and changed what living meant.
We learned that there are many ways to satisfy our needs
But happiness will only come when to ourselves we’re true.
Though wealth is counted usually by just how much we own
In truth we find the real value is friendships old and new.
Friendships grow in many ways as through the years we wander
Some will fade with passing time but others will get stronger.
Some will with the summer pass and others last forever
I for one do value most the ones that last much longer.
But now it’s party-time again – a time to get to know
The people who for far to long have simply strangers been.
A time to learn from those we’ve met what matters most to them
The places that they’ve journeyed to and wonderous sights they’ve seen.
For everyone no matter who has many tales to tell
Of places, peoples that they’ve met and where they’d like to go.
They each have dreams they’d love to tell to those who’d like to hear
And once they start to share their hopes you’ll want to listen too!
Every story tells a tale of long held aspirations
Secret yearnings for a prize of which they value highly.
They will tell to you each tale, excitement in their voices
Willingly they’ll share with you, the dreams that they have daily.
So if you have the time to pass and have a willing ear
Most everyone that comes your way will happily confess,
The hopes and fears they hold inside but rarely get to speak
And you’ll be entertained for hours! - Yes Hours! - Not ever Less!