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I sense that<\/strong><\/em> a few of my loyal readers share the opinion that my holiday sentiments lean a bit towards the dark “grinchy” side of the street. For those, who feel a craving for an “It’s a Wonderful Life” uplift, I offer the following:<\/p>\n

Divine Interventions<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was twenty below.
\nIt started to snow
\nAnd it was getting very near to Christmas.
\nI went to the park.
\nIt was getting dark
\nAnd it was incredible, what I would witness.<\/p>\n

I saw a man.
\nHe shook a can…
\nAnd begged for the change I had.
\nHe was frozen.
\nI was chosen
\nAnd for some reason, I felt glad.<\/p>\n

A coin was found…
\nIt made a loud sound,
\nAs it hit the man\u2019s rusty receptacle.
\nAngels sang…
\nBells in heaven rang,
\nAs I stood and beheld a spectacle.<\/p>\n

Snowflakes became wine.
\nHe and I felt fine,
\nAs we both tilted our heads, mouths open.
\nWould it stop?
\nWe prayed not.
\nOr at least that\u2019s what we were hopin\u2019.<\/p>\n

\fWe drank our fill,
\nIn the evening\u2019s chill
\nAnd now we\u2019re the best of good friends.
\nA moment\u2019s kindness
\nCured the blindness
\nThat fate\u2019s mistress so often sends.<\/p>\n

An act of charity
\nDelivered the clarity
\nTo transcend our outward differences.
\nWas it to be?
\nWas it destiny?
\nOr just one of life\u2019s coincidences.<\/p>\n

To make miracles real,
\nYou have but to feel,
\nAnd share a human intention.
\nYou can make them be…
\nNo need of divinity…
\nTo cause a divine intervention.<\/p>\n

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