Thanksgiving Visitors Come From Away
Thanksgiving Visitors Come From Away
Hands once separated
By history on shores of distant oceans
Entwined again on a blustery November morning,
Meeting beneath a song
In the shadow of a steeple thrust
Into a brilliant autumn sky,
Uniting visitors from across the pond -
Traveling like new world explorers
Canyons grand, rocky mountain majesty
Rocks of pilgrims, terraced vineyards
And a golden gate -
With a stranger sharing common legacy of the days long past
Welcomed to a home in friendship
Knowing though a cozy shelter place awaits,
As Thanksgiving rushes toward the city by the bay,
On this harvest celebration
A family waiting beside a warming fire
And a groaning board of roasted turkey, pumpkin pie,
Sweet tart cranberries and potatoes mashed together
Unavailable as chefs and innkeepers share the holiday
With sons and daughters, brothers, sisters
And other fathers, mothers;
No chair reserved for strangers
From another land at the table
Until a hand extends an invitation
To share the festival of bounty
With unknown hearts at a table,
Always ready to set another place,
Awaiting laughter wrapped in a tradition
Of jokes and stories,
The savory scents of a new song sung
By hearts reunited –
Bowing heads to the words
Of a harvest grace
Gathering hands separated
By more than wider oceans
Hearts forever linked in memory
By a blustery November holiday.
Date Written: 11/13/19
Contest Entered: Strand Choice 6
Date Judged: 1/26/20
Copyright © Sam Kauffman | Year Posted 2019
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