Giving Thanks [Lily]

Thanksgiving

By Lily Elizabeth Hartley

Thanksgiving is wonderful;

Thanksgiving is great;

A time where I am

In a quite happy state.

Those irresistible smells

Of turkey and stuffing

And warm mash potatoes

Drowned in gravy to your liking.

And orange sweet potatoes

Cooked up in brown sugar

And gross cranberry sauce;

So sour and bitter.

Aromas fill the air

At this beautiful time

Which is pretty much why

I am writing this rhyme.

But in the time of Thanksgiving

It’s not just about food;

It’s about counting your blessings;

And thinking of how good

Your fortune is

Compared to so many others

In this big world of ours;

All those children with mothers

Who can’t afford to have

An expensive dinner

With all that turkey and gravy

Which doesn’t make us any thinner.

So this Thanksgiving;

During all that cooking fuss

Think about our good fortune

And what the Good Lord has given us.