Christmas Cards

by Sarah Henry

It’s been a great

year for winners.

Photos of kids appear.

They wear holiday

clothes. Families took

ski vacations. Degrees

were earned, babies born.

Practices flourished.

Milestones were reached.

I can offer spare cards

left over from last year

with a picture of my cat

and best wishes

for continued success

in the dawning year.

I haven’t conquered

every corner of the globe

or field known to man.

I’m gazing out a pinhole

in a cardboard box,

wanting to be there

instead of here. A trip

to mountaintops would

be fine except for snow

and other obstacles.

I may ascend in

an unexpected way

and send boastful

greeting cards

to everyone’s surprise

at Christmas next year.

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Sarah Henry is retired from a newspaper. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies in many countries. She lives and writes in a small Pennsylvania town without distractions.