How Many Days Until Tomorrow?
Steven Ilchev, 2012
Inspired by my beautiful daughter on Christmas Eve, 2012
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How many days until tomorrow?
'Til every church-bell chimes our souls,
Until it all re-emphasises Christmas,
And every sparkle photographs winterfalls?
Until the sprinkling, tender souffle
Of the season's delicate little touch,
Like child's play innocently rumbles
And tumbles as if to curl so much
Around the homes of slight contentment
While skies they fade to whiteness mean,
Economic temperatures and boiling kettles
Correspond, so we have seen
And when I think of more tomorrows,
How many days until the following one?
How many huggles 'til we giddily wallow,
Not santising any fun?
How many match-sticks 'til flaming ball-points
Sky-autograph crimson dreamlands,
How many ice-skates to engrave us,
Initialled in the youthful trance?
For what time flies, it never withers
The playful you and the ones you teach
For what time strides, it never dithers,
It's timeless like your evergreen speech!
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