And Then They Were All Gone

And Then They Were All Gone

Have you ever had a gathering at your home and everyone came,
So many you couldn't remember every single name?
The holiday times when family comes from everywhere,
When they're all gone, you can't actually believe they were all there.

You know the feeling. You go from overwhelmed to underwhelmed.
You can not believe the food that was consumed. Now they've scrammed.
It was a happy time, a hectic time. You bog up in an easy chair
And relive the good cheer that was apparent, and you still feel it there.

It'll have to last for however long, till this miracle can come again.
You ponder about the days that flutter by and someday . . . you feel some point
Until you're old, you never really know just how fleeting time
Is! When they're all gone, you feel empty and start planning for next time.