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Hope Springs Eternal

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      It’s winter again; frozen and white December outside and predestined draughts inside.      Snowflakes are falling, resembling musical notes, as if someone is playing the piano’s black and whites, eventually leading to coda time.      The snow covers all the worries left on the ground and imprisons them for a while. Its snow-white presence makes one turn a blind eye to all concerns. It resembles a matrimony where couples promise to stick together through thick and thin. Deep down, one knows a day might come when the snow will eventually melt and disappear.      Would it be able to take away all the worries, though? Wasn't it just a temporary shelter for them? It seems you were relying on the snow with the hope to forget.      Being outside, you will walk and get stuck in the snow like a 7-year-old schoolchild trying to find their way home. You will build a snowman and watch how it endures the passage of...