Advent Calendar #5 : Candy Cane

Advent Calendar #5 : Candy Cane

Ah, those delicious candy canes, sweet treasures

Reminders of nostalgia and childhoods.

Eating one a day, on this Advent Calendar,

Just like all the children around us.

When did we stop, really,

Believing in miracles ? And dumped our innocence ?

When did the little celebrations of the festive season

Become a hassle, another formality ?

One candy per day, to make up for the very long wait,

As children, or as adults, every year.

You may think that those little happy kids around you

May irritate you, but you were like them before.

So next time you want to rain on a little child's parade,

Remember, would you like others to do the same on you ?

Or will just join the festivities, the joy and the remembrance,

Or better times when everything was innocence and bliss ?

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