Blue

it's been so long now

since you've been here

hauling boxes

from dusty spaces

scratching heads

to match colors faded

This goes here...

or maybe there...

no, I think maybe

you were right before...

cookies crumble

as the tree takes shape

and we spread a sheet

in Linus hues

to hide the sorry state

sipping nog

we remember

giggling of the year before

of emergency trips

as we discover

things aren't the way

they were last year

something's missing

or maybe broken

shattered pieces

under things unused

perhaps this year

without you here

we'll dream in color

through the eyes of 6 and 2

but there's a part inside

that will always remember

and can't help wishing for blue