Diwali Night

Diwali is the night we reclaim the dark—
with diyas on every sill and step,
with the particular smell of oil and wick
and the old prayers collectively kept.

The children run with sparklers in the night,
making fire-signatures against the dark,
and the whole street is luminous together,
every family lighting its own arc.

This is what festivals teach: that joy
is most itself when it is shared outside—
that the diya on the sill means more
when every sill in the street has light inside.
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