CHARCOAL

Of colour black,
and, mass hard,
the charcoal
upon being burnt,
turns soft, white,
radiates light;
comforts, as well,
those feeling
the heat of cold!

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(Dedicated to six month old baby Alia,at whose ‘welcome arrival’ party, thrown by her grandparents on 22 Dec 2018, this poem was conceived)

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