Candy cane

The wrapper calls to me, I try to resist how good it looks; but I can't hold on any longer. I touch it, it feels sticky and I can't help but look at the pretty colors, and all the smiles it brings to the face of all these children.

Who knew that one candy could bring so much joy, so much hope to someone on Christmas morning?

So I eat it, the white and red seeping through me and as the minty freshness enters my mouth, I am in awe. Then as i look up, the pain in my heart rips open and the tears in my eyes come to a beginning, for those who don't get what I have.

WHo knew that one candy could bring so much warmth, so much relief to someone on Christmas morning.

The only thing we share, for now, is the love and the promise this candy brings to us. This candy cane represents oh so many things to me; and when I eat it, when I consume it we all come together as one!

**please comment** xxLissa