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Winter's Light

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Submitted by PerfectTense on November 18, 2008 - 09:04.

I gazed past my porch onto the newly fallen snow.
The wind blew through my hoodie and I shivered.
The winter wind had long ago frozen my nose and feet.
I wrapped my arms around myself and continued to ponder

on a winter night long ago.
When the Ancients celebrated the true Light being given.
A newborn baby lying in a manger
far away
in Jerusalem.

I smiled remembering Christmas’ past.
The light of a child’s smile on my brother and sister’s face.
The smell of a newly cut tree,
laughter,
gifts being wrapped and waiting
waiting
for Santa Claus to come down the chimney.
Would He tell me that I had been a good girl this year?

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