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The Easter Poem

The Easter Day!..
       A church’s alight with candles,
All nature cries
       with joy and vernal rain…
The hearts are free from hurt,
       the day is candid…
The Earth wakes up
       from winter’s sleep again!..
Yet Christ has risen!!
       In the land of Salem
The Holy Flame
       has come by Grace of God,
Bestowing the light —
       and I am praying
To treasure every sparkle
       that I’ve got!..
…Oh, let them hear
       who’s deprived of freedom,
Whose spirit is unwilling,
       who’s dismayed,
Who did not see the doves
       on roofing ridges
Holding palm-branches
       on that holy day…
Who, looking in the glass,
       would see a person
But not a guardian angel
       at his back…
“Life is a gift of light!”
       I state on purpose…
Just have a look
       at any Easter egg:
It represents
       rebirth, life everlasting,
It is symbolic
       of true love and faith!
...A man of faith
       one who repines at nothing
But humbly asks for God
       to guide his steps.