Greetings

  

Greetings

 

I didn’t receive  a card this year

From a friend I love so dear,

I am frightened to pick up the phone

In the case of no one being at home.

 

We’ve had delays with the mail,

It seems each Christmas it’s curtailed.

I’m hoping this must be the reason

Now we’re in the festive season.

 

Will send some greetings just in case

And hope she remembers me and my face.

Good friends, back then, in our prime

Now it’s just birthdays and Christmastime .

 

Cannot get out to visit, or just call in

The days of going out have got so thin.

Cards are so precious as time goes by

And it they don’t arrive, we wonder why.

 

Mobile phones and  the internet,

For me, it’s difficult to use this tech.

Don’t understand how it all connects

Have tried, but always incorrect.

 

On the landline, I can barely hear

But a card received is bright and clear.

It makes me smile and makes my day

To have it delivered from you today.

 

And in time the letterbox rattles

Been worried with my mental battles.

It’s her! Although it’s very late December

I’ll remember her birthday in September!

Copyright Linda Lawrence

 

17^th December 2024

 

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