Moody, Performing A Sworn Duty

Is not January the hardest month to get through? When you have weathered that you get into the gulf-stream of winter nearer the shores of spring. - Thoreau

seemingly stuck in the past

too often turning a cold shoulder

its straining sun giving me hope

maybe it's a bookmarked, place holder

maybe it's a sign of a time growing older

maybe it's the last chilling blast

maybe it just wants to be seen in a different scope

maybe it's a pop quiz

maybe it just is what it is

short and airy

as its finicky, fickle moods vary

maybe its like the tooth fairy

mourning an overbite

relenting at long last

trying to rattle me and my windows at night

maybe it wants me to open the door and let it in

so that finally, face to face,

it can make me raise my hand and take the stand,

as it questions my faith and sin

Author's Note

"We talk about spring as at hand before the end of February, and yet it will be two good months, one sixth part of the whole year, before we can go a-Maying." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Buddhistboy73]

An interesting take on the winter season, and that challenging month we call January...

I liked the flow of this one Pete...I can echo the sentiments....moody and tough to embrace

But I guess, like Thoreau says....it leads us eventually to spring....

Thanks for sharing this one mate

BB73

[Pete]

always a pleasure bb73. thank so much for feeling this one. cheers from across the pond.

[WanderingWriter]

Love the imagery here, beautiful winter poem. If only it could come in small doses lol, the novelty of winter wears off very quickly

Keep up the amazing work!

[Pete]

makes us appreciate summer all the more. thank you for sharing kind thoughts.

[John Sullivan]

Feeling your Thoreau quote this afternoon. I'm in the northeast, in New England, and... we're looking at 4 consecutive days of snow this weekend. Blargh.