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Christmas

The beginning

By Dinesha PereraPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Christmas
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Woke up

From the troubled sleep

Found the darkness inside the room

Outside

Wife is slowly walking to hang the toys

Beware of the sleeping kids

The tree is empty

Naked

The toys and wrapped empty boxes

I made up my mind

This is going to be another

Merry Christmas!

sad poetry

About the Creator

Dinesha Perera

I am a poet who is interested in in-depth feelings of the humanity.

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