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My gift to you this year
Doesn’t need wrapping
It needs not bows or ribbons
And that’s good, because it would never fit
My gift to you this year
Hasn’t got a receipt
You can’t return it, sorry
The sale was final, and went through years ago
My gift to you this year
Is every wish you made,
Every kiss you gave
It’s every tear you shed, wiped away
My gift to you this year
Didn’t cost me anything
It was yours first
And though I give it, I also keep it
My gift to you this year
Is more powerful than money
More meaningful than toys
It’s everything I can give, and a little more to be sure
My gift to you this year
Is nothing I can hand you
You won’t see it or hear it
But you know it’s there, like it’s been forever
My gift to you this year
Has nothing to do with the package in my hand
It’s not the book or poem or sculpture
But all the love I keep from you, freed on a single day
My gift for you this year
Makes up for when I go away
And comforts you when we argue
It’s everything you are to me, expressed in a single phrase
My gift to you this year
Is Aishiteru
Ich Liebe Dich, Je t’aime
Minä rakastan sinua, I love you
- by Hiril Rauko Neoma |
- Holiday Poem Contest
- | Submitted on 12/13/2008 |
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- Title: My Gift
- Artist: Hiril Rauko Neoma
- Description: I love giving gifts, much more than receiving them, but due to financial instability, I often lack the funds to buy something that feels meaningful. It’s not that a more expensive gift means more, but the quality of an item bought at the Dollar Store is not really comparable to a more 'high end' gift.
- Date: 12/13/2008
- Tags: gift love
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Comments (5 Comments)
- Sweet Miriel - 08/07/2009
- That is such a good thing to do. So sweeeeet!How nice!
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- Adorable_Hunny_Luv - 07/04/2009
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aww sweet
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- Iyric - 05/04/2009
- Thats beautiful. =D It has German in it to!
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- Kwirki - 12/13/2008
- This is awesome Neoma! I knew you were a writer but I didn't know you did poetry too. Good luck on the contest!
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- yamisukui - 12/13/2008
- I love it! *cries*
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