A Child’s Christmas

Poem by Carol Tahir

Jan 03, 2023

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In the mind’s memories of tricks
I am five once again.
Shivering in the icicles of December
someone thinks to bring coal pieces
to the fireplace to warm the room.
The winds of regrets howl inside my head.
How can a five year old have regrets?
How do they even know the meaning?

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