things stay the same

Stripped tinsel
crushed beneath;
warm lights and
the red-gold glow of
reflections

Crepe and cellophane
drowning in
half-empty wine glasses--
tape hung over
under trash and
the re-gifted morning
afters

Tree-lights and ribbon-frays
tracing paper and
curled to
remember resolutions
crawling beneath
the bows
of years to come