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Merry Christmas, brother

October 8, 2021
By SdipG SILVER, Chinsurah, Other
SdipG SILVER, Chinsurah, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Life: It goes on.
(robert frost)


The Christmas lights gleamed, as ever.
Bells jingled.
Happy faces and interlocked hands filled the streets.
Watching all this from my window,
I could not resist stepping out.
There was so much life everywhere.
So much warmth.
I walked past the crowds,
Counting my steps.
One.
Two.
Three...
Exactly on the four hundred tenth, I looked up.
I'd reached there.

I hearkened to the silence of the falling snow.
Then, I took it out from my pocket-
A rose, the same color as my bleeding heart.
I kissed it, and
Placed it on the stone
That rose from the blanched ground with sheer defiance.
"Merry Christmas, brother", I whispered.
A smile beamed up from the depths
And embraced me.


The author's comments:

This poem depicts a person's longing for the warmth of a loved one(who has passed away) on a night when everyone's celebrating. It also tells the story of how he ultimately gets what he wants.


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