It's Been A Very Long Year Poem by Dorsey Baker

it's been a
very long year
when we sit at the kitchen table on Christmas da
might be some empty chairs
might be some faces missing
the ones that we were so used to
hugging so used to kissing
when we
sit at the kitchen table
on Christmas day

might be
so much less joy
a missing girl
a missing boy
our loved ones
that are dead
and gone
because that
old corona virus
has taken
them away from us
it's been a
very long year
a loved one once living
now dead
words
that are so
very hard to hear
yes
it's been a
very long year