FLOWERS OF JANUARY

One more December departs
with the promise to visit us
the next year
along with memories most
coveted, moon-struck, star-struck nights
the birth of Infant Jesus at a
cattle-shed in Bethlehem
with angels fluttering around
informing the world of
the arrival of
beloved Saviour
thus
heralding a new dawn
full of hopes and expectations.
The moon-lit, star-lit
frosty nights awashed
with neon brightness, colourful
lush greenery all around
flowers all around, their
fragrance, beauty
left to us by December
as new year gifts
the new hopes and new
expectations,
a new beginning
wishing hilarious, peaceful
days
the messages which
criss-cross to each corner
of the world
wishing a VERY VERY HAPPY
NEW YEAR
even when
we find ourselves
in the midst of
wide spread violence
poverty, people without
coverings over their
heads
still we hope
expect
dream about
bright, warm breezy dawns
and
wish each other,
A VERY VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
waiting for light at
the end of tunnel
human nature, so to speak….