The Other Side of the Saint

“A POETIC ODE TO THE SAINT NICHOLAS TRADITION”🌹❤️

Een poëtische ode aan de Sint-traditie van Nederland — België

He does not arrive with thunder,
nor with the noise of crowns or armies.
He comes the way our Low Countries know best—
quietly,
over water,
guided by lanterns
and the breath of the wind.

A bishop of old stories,
a traveler of harbors,
a guardian of children
in lands shaped by rain,
courage,
and narrow streets of light.

From Belgium to the Netherlands,
his silhouette is a memory,
his kindness a heritage,
his journey a bridge
between the past we honor
and the future we offer
to the world.

And so we show the world today
not the noise,
not the myth,
but the beauty—
the soft dignity
of a tradition carried
by hearts that still remember
how to give
before they receive.

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