Feels Different These Days

The North Pole feels colder these days,

the stars seem dimmer, the snow less pure.

Even the elves, once bustling in cheer 

sit in silence, unsure of their purpose.

Once, the children believed…

their letters fulfilled wishes and dreams,

that Father Christmas would soar across the night sky

with Rudolph’s red nose and his other reindeer friends,

and that their snowmen would start talking.

But now, the world is different.

Children no longer sit by the windows,

staying up all night for a glimpse of his sleigh.

Now, they sit in silence,

heads bent low, eyes fixed on screens.