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Winds of Change
When the nights give way to colder morning dew and the mosquitos no longer fill the air,
When the first junco pecks the ground under the bare mulberry tree and the chicory no longer paints the roadside in hues of voilet-blue.
When Orion departs from the daytime sky to contrast the backdrop of the universe and the dawn sleeps a little longer.
That's when I feel the hope of what could have been slowly drift away, leaving only cold in its wake.
When the first junco pecks the ground under the bare mulberry tree and the chicory no longer paints the roadside in hues of voilet-blue.
When Orion departs from the daytime sky to contrast the backdrop of the universe and the dawn sleeps a little longer.
That's when I feel the hope of what could have been slowly drift away, leaving only cold in its wake.
Published 13th Sep 2019
| Edited 18th Sep 2019
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17th Sep 2019 3:41am
Opening stanzas are well constructed to draw the reader in, and your close holds much gravitas. To love and lose is a tremendous thing.
18th Sep 2019 5:55am
Once again, thank you so much, Daniel 😊
I know they say it's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all...but those pretty words that I tell myself never seem to take away the ache, it is indeed a tremendous thing. ❤
I know they say it's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all...but those pretty words that I tell myself never seem to take away the ache, it is indeed a tremendous thing. ❤
26th Sep 2019 6:01pm
I dont get it. Maybe u can explain. Orion departs the daytime sky, ok. That means the light of the sun hides the stars, right?? But what does this mean "to contrast the backdrop of the universe" ?? Orion goes from the daytime sky to the night sky and then serves to contrast the darkness of the night?? I guess i have answered my own question. Oh well, its good therapy- maybe.
27th Sep 2019 10:27pm
I should have clarified a little better on that one. 😅
For any that were/are curious, here's a more indepth explanation:
For me, personally, when I think of winter being near, there are a few specific features of nature that I like to look for (other than it being cooler) that kind of "announce" its arrival/impending arrival to me:
1) The plants that are in bloom/not in bloom:
I used chicory because it is widely known and distributed across much of the U.S.
and it is one of the latest blooming "obvious" flowers just before winter starts.
2) The birds that are present/not present:
Juncos usually show up and hang around for the winter where I am (and much of the U.S.) when I see the first one, I always think of winter.
3) The position of stars in the sky:
The reason I used Orion is because it is, once again, a feature of nature that is well known to many people.
To further explain what I meant: Orion is always in our visible sky but during summer it hangs out in our sky during the day, so its light is outshined by the sun.
Only in winter can we see it at night instead of the day.
It is one of my favorite features of nature in winter.
I should have said something like "dark" or "night" sky instead of the wording I used for that part.
I kind of just left it as "the backdrop of the universe" in place of the wording "dark" or "night" because I erroneously assumed that when most people think of seeing the universe at night (although "technically" the universe is always there)
I did go back and forth on the wording there myself, so I understand your confusion!
Thank you for your question and for reading! 💚
For any that were/are curious, here's a more indepth explanation:
For me, personally, when I think of winter being near, there are a few specific features of nature that I like to look for (other than it being cooler) that kind of "announce" its arrival/impending arrival to me:
1) The plants that are in bloom/not in bloom:
I used chicory because it is widely known and distributed across much of the U.S.
and it is one of the latest blooming "obvious" flowers just before winter starts.
2) The birds that are present/not present:
Juncos usually show up and hang around for the winter where I am (and much of the U.S.) when I see the first one, I always think of winter.
3) The position of stars in the sky:
The reason I used Orion is because it is, once again, a feature of nature that is well known to many people.
To further explain what I meant: Orion is always in our visible sky but during summer it hangs out in our sky during the day, so its light is outshined by the sun.
Only in winter can we see it at night instead of the day.
It is one of my favorite features of nature in winter.
I should have said something like "dark" or "night" sky instead of the wording I used for that part.
I kind of just left it as "the backdrop of the universe" in place of the wording "dark" or "night" because I erroneously assumed that when most people think of seeing the universe at night (although "technically" the universe is always there)
I did go back and forth on the wording there myself, so I understand your confusion!
Thank you for your question and for reading! 💚
