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When Everything Loses Its Beauty
Every lively landscape and tree were stripped
by fierce winter of their verdant, elegant dress:
and while they are naked and grieving amid
rainfall and fog: they still wish for sunny days!
Everything loses its beauty, it's the harshest reality;
kids stay inside, today there's no school: it's a holiday!
And they sadly look outside hoping for a break in clouds,
grandmother feeds them cookies to liven up their moods!
Even Andy, the young poet, feels the melancholy of a winter so bleak;
he has lived through those frigid winters writing a darker narrative;
He asks himself, " Do trees have the same feelings, can they speak?"
He struggles to come to a definite answer hypothetically imperative!
And boring afternoons drag to let sunlight linger an hour longer,
sleep won't come easily without the presence of remote stars;
kids play videos and their spirit is invaded by terrifying monsters:
granny comes running, bringing warm milk to ease their fear!
Finally, something wonderful happens: an arch appears
over the branches of the fir trees," It's a lovely rainbow! "
Aiden and Molly run and stare out of the dripping window
as grandmom stands by them, while they cry joyful tears!
Copyright ©
Andrew Crisci
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