Excellent Contest Entry A Christmas Rose by fm wright Words Versus Words contest entry

The ground lay covered in new fallen snow; while the temperature outside dipped to near zero. Icicles could be found hanging everywhere, as the family gathered together in prayer. December twenty-fifth was the date; the hour, it was becoming most late. Each, in turn, their petition pled, hoping for some sign once the final "amen" was said. Then there-in the last glow of the setting sun, upon the branch of a bush they sighted a single one; blooming when everything else was froze: a beautiful, bright red, Christmas rose.

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