The Passing Year

Snow is lacing the mountaintops

Summer has dwindled away –

Fall went by in a sunny haze,

It’s Christmas a month from today!

 

Leaves are all shaken off now,

Trees seem to be half asleep –

Ice has frosted the windows

As ice-trails get longer and deep.

 

The feeling is festive already

Cakes are baked, so is mince pie

Cards and gift lists are started

We’ll soon bid this good year goodbye!

 

Summer was hot and delightful

All nature made a great show

Swimming was grand, so was camping,

But now we have fog, ice and snow.

 

Winter is still a good season

In which to read or go slow;

Candle light, soups, and new hobbies

Long evenings in firelight’s glow…

 

 

 

© Patricia Lamont