The Gift

The gift of the day long-anticipated, anxiously awaited, prepped and prepared for contemplated with intense thought and anxiety beating back, rushing past the crowds, searching for just the right gift you well know the one loved will treasure and remember. chosen, wrapped, lovingly carded, special words penned by you for that special person held within your heartbeat; only to see disappointment on their face thanking you graciously while hiding disenchantment and chagrin with quietly accepted sadness having desired something better, something more. Oh well, there is always next year.