Yet Another Sleepy Solstice

yet another sleepy 
solstice, one more quiet 
December treading uncertain 
ground as each day slides into
the next with wet snow that 
melts to muddy brown then 
suddenly shifts, now bleaker 
and colder, into windswept 
icy white powder that swirls and 
drifts onto ledges and under 
edges to disguise itself as
hope. this is always when I
sleep the best and longest, 
deep in the cold black, 
window open just a crack, 
seeking solace in my warm bed
as everything disolves
into the cold dark night 

Music paring: Pearl Jam, Let Me Sleep (It’s Christmas Time)

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