Christmas Nostalgic

It's a little past two a.m. on the morning of December 25 and the house is already quiet.  I've finished washing the dis after the Noche Buena and I'm also ready to catch my sleep.

I remember when I was a kid, the revelry would be reaching its peak just about this time. Back then, the midnight mass began (not ended) at midnight.  We would be coming back home a little after one.

It was the job of the youngest member of the family to call out the recipients and hand out the gifts.  That was my brother's job for several years.  Our cousins who lived in the city would be spending the night at our house.  So there was definitely a crowd in the house.

Things do change.  My cousins have gone on with their own lives.  They have started their own families and their own traditions.  So too have we.  People leave this life and so we make adjustments.

And life goes on

Feeling Nostalgic

I know I said I loved you
And I really meant it then
But time has passed since
Now I won't say it again

Cause things have happened
That made me change my mind
Now all I want to do
Is leave that past behind

So goes the song that I began to write   And in my head there's also a tune.  But I can't make a refrain or another verse for it.  I know it's unfinished.  Right now I just can't come up with the tail part.  I wonder if this is another one that will take me years to complete.

There's another poem that begins

     I once had a love
      ...
     Now I make peace with my heart

I know what I want to do with it but I can't fill the lines between the first and the last lines.

What triggered these thoughts?  Usually I know the answer to what made me want to write something.  This time, there were several.  I was looking through old pictures the other day.  A face popped up on facebook that I thought I recognized.  I met with my old gang a few days ago.

So where's the love angle?

Any suggestions anyone?  No, not the love angle, the poetry please.