THE 26th HIATUS

One year ago, I proposed on this day....pheew.
Today, we take a break
Like the winter that always comes around
We find our feet on similar grounds


26th! O' 26th! What will you have of me
Where be the debt that I owe thee
For you have knocked on my doors this one time.
With a gift of process I'd rather not accept
Tell me, what do you require of me?

365 days to this moment, It felt like I crashed
In time, I rose 
Like the phoenix, I sprang forth from the ashes
A few scars here and there,
But these be scars I'd gladly carry 
For in those dark nights, I saw the dawn coming

Dear 26th of April,
Is this the last of your kind I'd forever see?
Will I again be asked of thee to taste bitter waters?
Or will thou vindicate me and usher me to glory?
Hmmm, I sigh...for you've been foul these past year.
And I long to see you at my door
Bearing the gift that is my beloved

We once rode in the bliss of youth
30 days away from today, you reminded me of birth.
How you brought the gift of joy 
To the ones I still call family
Mum cried that day, yet her sorrow turned to joy
For the baby cried.
That was one fair May

28 times then, every 365 days
I'm reminded that 26 is still a friend
Now hope soars and alights on this conviction 
That 26 has made a turn my way
And is heading down the path toward my door.
She bears a gift in her arms, I wonder...

If you'd be so kind.
Please, bring glory my way henceforth from this day.

melchi

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