Solstice

The solstice has the sun held firm,

With winter’s pervasive mood about.

The very dampness of it all.

Sick lunacy alone, sees us stepping out.

Grey skies with early morning shudders.

Mortality at its worst.

Nature thumbing its icy nose,

Annually rehearsed.

Coats, umbrellas, gloves and scarves,

To ward off hailstones, frost and storms.

Thunder, lightning and freezing fogs,

In no time at all become the norms.

Leaves replaced by ugly twigs,

Black against an ashen sky.

A strange coldness in the bones.

A pathetic sun, by and by.

This is winter’s frightful kiss,

It brings on days cursed with grey.

With folks scathing of what it sends,

All warmth is held at bay.

Nature sleeping, survival low,

With hibernation in full swing.

All cold, in the ground below.

Some hiding from the season’s sting.

An uncomfortable world we’re meant to share,

When only the chill persists.

Even hearts are cold, when seeking warmth,

With laboured breath that mists.

Winter’s sombre cloak and sluggish pace,

Has shadows bringing shades of gloom.

Short, sad days with colours veiled,

While frosty evenings loom.

A season thrust upon the dwellers here,

Winter’s sanction, winter’s curse!

And shun the fool who says,

It could be worse.

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