Absence

'Because you were not there...'

Holiday cheers, sparkles, stars and glitters
Ol' man Santa in red hood and happy sack

The chill in the wind, the hollering crowd
The woollens, the socks, the winter oranges
And the little hearts gurgling

Holidays have the same flavor
The dry leaves that murmur
The wind that whistles dry

The cascading crowd that stifles
And my eyes that glitter of fortified tears

(C)mimpi