Gelt

Today's word is "gelt" ... Slang; money.

Thanksgiving
This is the night for grateful thoughts,
     (And dreams of turkey dinner!)
To think of things that can't be bought,
     to make one rich or thinner.

To pause in the mad search for fame,
     for fortune or for gelt,
And remember all the moments sweet,
     that made your heart just melt.

To think of gifts like freedom's ring,
      bought with a patriot's blood,
And food and drink abundant, and
     shelter from storm and flood.

For love of family and friends,
     together gathered round,
For strength of ties no force can rend,
     that is in each other found.

For faith and wonders of this world
     too dear to comprehend,
All this and more we see unfurled,
     As to this bounty we attend.

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2013