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The Magician’s Children
(Christmas 2020)
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It’s a magic time
The animals will talk at midnight
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Light of many colors
Will shine inside and outside
Of hours
And tall buildings in the city
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People who don’t believe
Will be quiet for a while
Almost in honor of the child
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Christmas might be
A chore for them,
But they take the quiet anyway,
Until the noises of the morning
In the household begin
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And there are those who will be quiet
Because they are the only ones,
Each one in a home of sorts
To bring in the day
On one’s own
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Each one has a job
To send out the peace
Just beyond, until the next one
Take it,
Send it out in thought or feeling
Or a prayer
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Others will be so busy
But the lonely could do this
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Create a spirit-band across the world
Through many places,
Many nations,
Many destinations
That can’t be reached yet
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Someday, perhaps
When we have enough health,
Enough determination,
Enough interest in the risk
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Merry Christmas to each one
And from each to everyone
Live in peace for a day
And remember that a day
Can be an age
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C L Couch
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Photo by Daniil Silantev on Unsplash
Ozero Turgoyak, Челябинская область, Россия
Ice on the Lake Turgoyak
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December 25, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Sending you peaceful thoughts from a very quiet house. We’re having one of the dreaded zoom sessions shortly. I hate them, but some of us have accepted that they are a normal form of communication.
December 26, 2020 at 1:39 am
Thank you. I hope you’ve been having a good day, the on-line audio-visual session notwithstanding. Ironically, we tried that here, but my brother lost his Internet connection. Everyone rearranged something via Facebook, but I couldn’t get that to work for me. Bittersweet, yes? I hope the quiet continues for you.
December 26, 2020 at 2:12 pm
An hour of terrible internet connection and invisibility at this end. Technology is a wonderful thing, just not all of us have access to the benefits, just the frustrating parts.
December 26, 2020 at 5:04 am
Lovely poem. Thank you!
December 31, 2020 at 7:58 pm
I’m so glad you enjoy it and Happy New Year!
December 31, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Happy New Year to you, also!