This week’s prompt for Writers Island is change. We’ve had four really glorious days here in the New Forest- today there is sun and clear blue skies – which has made me reflect about how much my mood and general sense of well-being is affected by the winter months when its hardly got light before we have to draw the curtains and pull down the blinds. I don’t expect this unseasonal weather to last, as in 2007, we had summer in April and wind and rain in June, July and August. At least British weather has the virtue of being unpredictable.
S.A.D.
(Seasonal Affective Disorder)
Grey
gloom
envelopes all,
its heavy cloak
of nightly darkness hijacks day,
sends cowards to snuggle back under their duvets,
to wallow in apathy, lethargy, ennui, futility, despondency, misery, melancholy.
Sunshine,
brightness,
blue skies
filled with birdsong,
banishes the murky mantle, extending
welcome to crocus, snowdrop, primrose, shoots and blossom,
letting in verve, vigour, purpose, optimism, love, hope, and joy.
February 10, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I love your work. I will link to it on my blog with a poetry tag. Please don’t stop. And Thank you.
b
February 11, 2008 at 12:18 am
Hi Watermaid, there’s nothing more changeable than the weather is there? We too are having some lovely sunshine in Manchester. It was a perfect afternoon for City to beat United at Old Trafford…
Lovely poem by the way!
February 11, 2008 at 11:07 am
I love those polyanthus!!! (polyanthi?) And the poems’ gorgeous too.
February 11, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Sunshine looks so appealing here, but have to admit I love grey skies, it gives me a sense of nature which is fertile
February 11, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Nicely put. As a fellow experiencer of British weather, I know what you mean.
I wonder how much a lack of vitamin D can affect SAD – if I remember correct, we get it from daylight. Certainly, I always feel more drained in the winter.
February 12, 2008 at 4:06 am
Drab weather has that effect on some. I like the contrast here.
endless possibilities
February 14, 2008 at 8:54 pm
i’m just so happy that i will finally rid myself of the apathy, lethargy, ennui, futility, despondency, misery and melancholy and finally let in some vigor, verve, optimism, purpose, love, hope and joy! Phew!! but, your poem is so right on and so well written.
“blue skies filled with birdsong banishes the murky mantle”….WOW! beatuiful.
February 15, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I love the sun too, I await with anticipation for spring weather