Tad Early (October 22, 2018)

It's October

Early promise

Of snow.

Almost 2 months

Before Winter Solstice

Year’s darkest/shortest day.

Lingering memory

Coming promise

More snow colder temperatures

And wind chill warnings.

Not unusual

Despite climate change cries

Southern Ontario witness this.

Children bundled up

Winter clothing

Under Halloween costumes

Trick-or-treating for candy

And UNICEF donations.

Remembrance Day

Cold slate skies

Opening up

Frozen tears falling.

For romantics

White Christmas.

Curse you

Irving Berlin/Bing Crosby

And Holiday Inn.

Settling back

Watching snowbanks

Ebb and flow.

Snowbirds flee

Points south

Respite break

Awaiting spring.

Until final storm

Marking winter’s end

In April.

Ending hibernation

Another year.

Therisa © 2018

Author’s note: Today, November 14th, I saw my first snowflakes for the winter season of 2018-2019. I wasn’t impressed, by the scattered flurries. Knowing more of the white garbage will fall before the last flake melts away. Sigh.

Dark Side Of Hallowe'en (October 27, 2016)

See you

Prancing around

Like it is

A huge joke.

In wearing

Those cheap 

Halloween wigs.

Taking selfies

To post

On your Facebook 

Accounts.

Saddened me

To my soul's core.

I know

You'll never understand

Why I am feeling 

This way.

For you

It's a one time 

Deal.

Hallowe'en.

But

For people

Like myself

It's a lifetime

Commitment.

It's blazing

A different path

That society

Is reluctantly slow

In accepting.

Having experienced

First hand

The darker side

Of humanity

And trans-bashing.

Until like

Those reality shows

On the TV.

Only showing

The lighter side.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: Yesterday (October 27, 2016), the local public library branch held a puppet show, for the kids, which, afterwards, three teenagers goofed around, with the wigs and taking selfies. Wanted to say something, but was scared, I would be labelled, as oversensitive, for my reactions to these teens. I know, they meant nothing, but it still hurt.