at a time of dark horizons
and fog filled minds
melting, through Tier-clamped wishes and plans
comes a season for all to behold
augmenting frost-bitten reality
by choosing: to let hope flow freely
soothing, those despairing in misery
and gifting all a cherished respite,
with every snowflake envisioned
bleak future\'s seemingly brightened
and our regrets, temporarily misplaced
making space: for that fresh start that beckons
a time for blinkered abandon
when laughter shared between a handful
in households or huddled corners in streets
serenades lonely hearts: in those trenches of night,
where inundated is surrendered
to morning scenes
filled with trusting eyes from innocent minds
and their contagious: carefree smiles
scripting: our ending to 2020
with whimsy aplenty
and a survivor’s merry, that tickles
those most calloused of skins,
© L. B. Mek
December 2020