Distant Flames
An old man awaits
The promise of a new day
Slow fading away
Failing memories embrace
Cold embers of distant flames
Warming an old soul
As idle snow men shiver
Carolers intone
t’is the night before Christmas
©12/14/2022
Triple New Charlieku Poetry Contest
575 - 775 - 757
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2022
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