The Dinner Table

THE DINNER TABLE The dinner table no longer fact but just a dream and fable With its demise the family is confused and ever so unstable No longer do we sit and hear each others heart and dreams The absence of this time together will tear us apart it seems Where are the days when mom and sis the dinner table would set? And around it and everyone would sit yes even our puppy pet Times of laughter we all knew as we shared in our wonderful day And even cried all together as our dear Granny was taken away Its here each day we heard just how to live our lives And not to walk with silly people and to battle and to strive The art of just being forgiving and face new tests each day For when this all has come and gone the family is here to stay Now in its place are TV shows with no dinner table set With mom and dad, brother and sis and the dog our little pet Each one running to and fro and no time for talk or play Sweet moments of the dinner table have all been swept away Oh how I long to sit and hear my dear old dad just say Tell us dear boy how are you and what did you do today And hear mom plead our cause as dad his voice would raise softly would she calm the place and sing our unearned praise Well that's all gone with brother and sis and all of us sitting alone It sometimes feels that life is hell and everything is like a stone Why don't we try in this rushing life to make each family stable? Yes remember it is as simple as just renewing the dinner table