Gifts of Love

Did you ever stop to see

how expectation compels

discontentment,

For we do this

time and time again

wondering why we bear

a discouraged heart;

Please don’t forget

you’ve been

offered a precious gift

each time your

eyes burst open

to streams of new light

and your anxious feet jump

into the warmth of this earth;

Don’t open your present

expecting red roses of

fragrance, disheartened by

the tulips you find

For what you’d miss

is diamonds had

been waiting all along;

I promise dear one-

your present holds gifts

far beyond immemorial time has seen

unwrapped by trust

and seen with eyes of love.

#poetry