Rosalie of Against the Shadows wrote a poem that inspired me to write and just put out my thoughts. It was cathartic. I haven’t had that happen in a while.
I’m sorry I haven’t been around much. Hopefully my poem will do the explaining for me.
Careless
Dry coughs and chalk dust and cobwebs and house dust
mark out the space between nightfall and daybreak
Punctuated by study sessions of the night hours
And dreams of missed assignments and tests
Barely bothered to care.
The school is restless.
I haven’t had a moment’s peace in months
Between deadlines and crying children
Who were too old to cry in the first place
And the year is dying and it’s turning cold again
(my geranium is dead. I meant to bring it in)
Carols are here already as they try to ignore
The dead part of the year
October is an attempt to romanticize the brown
Before Christmas.
It’s that part of the semester again.
coruscantbookshelf said:
Oh dear. I love ‘the dead part of the year’, never thought of it like that before. Good luck with your studies!!
erinkenobi2893 said:
Thank you. I feel like there’s this little lull between Halloween and Christmas, and it’s just kind of dreary, and people always do their best to ignore it by starting Christmas way too early.
RubySky said:
❤
erinkenobi2893 said:
Thank you!
sarahtps said:
. . . I actually love the bit of the year between Halloween and Thanksgiving, but I’m biased because I’m almost always doing NaNoWriMo around this time and trying to read all the new books that are coming out in preparation for the holidays, and so with that and my schoolwork, I don’t have any time at all to feel dull or dreary. Not really, anyway. But I still know what you mean in the poem; that’s how I feel through most of February and often the first bit of March.
erinkenobi2893 said:
Yeah….
tworoadsdivergedinyellowwood said:
Beautiful. I miss seeing you around here.
You know you’re one of the few people who makes me want to write?
After I read your work I want to write something just as good. It’s something very few authors can make me want to do.
erinkenobi2893 said:
Thanks…. I’m just swamped…
tworoadsdivergedinyellowwood said:
Poor girl.
tworoadsdivergedinyellowwood said:
*pats*
coruscantbookshelf said:
You two are hilarious. Do you not… talk to each other?
erinkenobi2893 said:
Yes, we do. She only flatters me online, though. 😛