Winter Night

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Dark, chilly winter night

buzz to make cold things upright, 

in tender warmth of sunrise

of new day of New Year                      

with new zeal, new surmise.

In dark, chilly winter night....
an eerie silence prevails around,

own shadow looks like hound,

shivering leaves scream to sound,

icy wind is piercing body n’ soul

but only smirk on faces is found.

In dark, chilly winter night....
all faiths are down-trodden,

old traditions are now rotten,

hands of system are frozen,

only ghost of fear is looming

under sheet of smoke unspoken.

In dark, chilly winter night

let's make cold things upright, 

in tender warmth of sunrise             

of new day of New Year

with new zeal, new surmise.

                                         -Shivali