Melancholy Holidays

Melancholy Holidays

A Poem by Dave W.
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End of the year came to quick....

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Isolate in evenings late, 
thinking of the year gone by. 

How fast October arrived, 
soon leaving for Novembers throne. 

Somber days, leaves amber gold, 
crunch and crinkle, trees skeletons shone. 

The end of things desolate, I think, 
I contemplate life and lifes finale.  

Nothing is wrong, 
I melancholy sit, 
I wonder where the year has hid itself away to.  

Older but none wiser, 
Thanksgiving is almost here, 
soon Santa will say his ho ho ho's. 

Holidays will cease, winter settles in, 
mirth has come and gone, 
this year is over like a beautiful song, 
I hate good byes.  

End of the year always gets me, 
the holidays vanish in a wisp of vapor, 
the highs of festivities joy fleeting, 
the cycle continues, 
this will not be the last time I feel this. 

© 2024 Dave W.


Author's Note

Dave W.
I get a sadness usually around this time, be not fooled though I do love the holidays....

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This is lovely. I appreciate how you captured the feeling of change. While I read this: "Somber days, leaves amber gold, crunch and crinkle, trees skeletons shone." I could hear the leaves underfoot and see the barren trees swaying in the wind.

I relish the melancholy sometimes. I know that might sound weird, but slowness, calm, and pensiveness are how I reset and get ready for the next season of life.





Posted 5 Hours Ago


Dave W.

5 Hours Ago

Thank you for the kind review, I do like this time of year even though it is winding down, just some.. read more
It's a yearly thing...we think of endings....seasons, love, loss....it can be a hard season in autumn.
The trees look prettiest right before they die, just as we appreciate loved ones most when they are nearing their end.
j.

Posted 13 Hours Ago


Dave W.

13 Hours Ago

Isn't that the truth
Your poem speaks to the seasons of the year and of life itselt. It is no wonder there is melencholy but there is joy as well in the end for the end as you said is only a circle. A most lovely and meaningful write my friend.

Posted 15 Hours Ago


Dave W.

15 Hours Ago

Yeah there is joy I just hate when things wind down and holidays can be rough. Soren I hope you hav.. read more
very good, you just capture season, holidays, and the death of October while November creeps in
very good

Posted 15 Hours Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Dave W.

15 Hours Ago

November creeping like an assassin up on October. Tumi you are awesome
tumi

15 Hours Ago

:), No you are!
I get sad at holidays, I have no one anymore to celebrate the holidays with. My family is deceased.
It just brings back so many memories, it makes me sad. I know this feeling.

Posted 15 Hours Ago


Writergurl

15 Hours Ago

you too.....
Milena Grubor

15 Hours Ago

I'm very sorry to hear that. But don't be sad. Use the holidays to celebrate their lives and the t.. read more
Dave W.

15 Hours Ago

There is a lot of truth here.

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Added on October 31, 2024
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Dave W.
Dave W.

Tigard, OR



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