(103) Christmas and New Year.

(103) Christmas and New Year



Ending bygone year beckons the New Year,
ushering into happenings and events galore,
mending old and yielding new and novel,
A fresh hope which the advent of Christmas to unravel.

The Birth of Christ , an event joyous and auspicious,
with cakes and candles and candelabrum(s),
the celebration which many look forward with carols,
for kids and children an aura of amplified bliss.


Yet for the poor urchins and the pauper,
a day of contentment with the wrapper
of stale bread and dried orange
A luxury which they alone can image.

Can the beggar in the street and the blind
be proud of New Year and Christmas ?
when belly is pinching and tongue parching,
will the balloons and pictures be enamouring?

Merry is a misnomer for him in the street,
whose piper is the sole comfort ,
misery and penury tie him to his fate,
till Time alone should redeem him trite!

Life for him is a barren and jejune as a balloon
will Santa Claus and cherry cake conjoin
to transmute misfortunes to miracles?
will it lead to him to a sea-change of bliss?


Yet the sombre and cold December comes and goes,
January with a fresh lease of hope leaps and bounds .