A Whisper and Prayer
written by: Michael H. Brownstein
No snow came that winter,
the brutal blizzard winds didn’t arrive,
we stepped outside in shorts and sweaters,
kept the heat turned off.
Two weeks before Christmas,
we wondered how Santa would park his sleigh,
didn’t know he was busy in the North Pole
not with gifts for the world,
but hope and prayer.
A week before Christmas, 2023,
a glow covered the planet touching everyone,
and he came early with a message of love–
when we woke the children were different–
they volunteered to help the homeless,
brought wonder and joy to hospitalized children,
fully funded UNICEF–
and the big block stores offered free-to-all days,
billionaires gave away their money
(we, too, can live on change.)–
Russia left the Ukraine with a parade of peace,
Israel partitioned their soil
and made a nation for the Palestinians,
and the war in Central Africa no one talked about,
whispered away into a vast silence.
Today, December 25, 3023, a thousand years later,
we celebrate the Great Christmas in history,
a world holiday, the Victory of Christmas, 2023.
- A Whisper and Prayer - December 25, 2023
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