Darker, colder days
All the warmth faraway
Oh, the winter blues…!
Serotonin they say, but my soul knows
Where my bonfire and smiles hide…
A random stranger’s smile on a train journey
Like a piping hot tea
That whiff of Coral Jasmine on a misty morning…
“I thought of you”, messages
Followed by poems, art, scenic pictures…

Songs, as voice messages from sweetheart friends
One long loving hug from a go-to soul
A reassuring phone call
Conversation that wipes the tears, beyond the distances…
I find warmth, in seemingly ordinary moments
In brutally honest people
In art, in Nature, and
Sometimes
For all the shivering, lonely trudging in the snow
For all the let down/desolate feelings life overwhelms me with I run to the mirror
And find my Serotonin, bonfire
Becoming my own Sunshine
I beat my winter blues, becoming that stranger
Who smiles at a random soul
In offering warmth, I meet within, the season I most long for…
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Read more stories in our January 2023 featuring Maharaj Devraj Singh