I wouldn't say Suicidal but January Challenges One ...

YES, waiting for those last 3 words to become a reality. Cold to inferno! Hugs and love, Oral

I'm trying to warm us up with this little poem.
That park is pretty close to my apartment and I go there often with my dog for solace...

Thanks for your comment O !

this is very tender dearest Poet I feel your pain ❤️

Thank you Brenda
We have to do what we can in this frozen tundra and be grateful that winter is halfway behind us ...

Appreciate the RL

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Winter can challenge one's psyche, but hope for that one warm day and the promise of spring is worth holding on. Lovely PS;))

Yes, it's in these never ending winter days that you promise not to complain about the suffocating heat of summer....

As a fellow New Yorker you know Fia !
We are always being challenged here in the big town!

Thanks 🤠

Sometimes we like it though, the darkness, the isolation, everyone  moving straight from vehicle to inside, it's yummy. But and ten you also have those days that totally blows. The ice cold rain or sleet, we like to walk in it, we like the cold lonely feeling and thought of death. Great piece dude  

Well ME, if you canceled yourself in January you'd certainly get some nodding in agreement...
Personally I like cold weather but it's rewarding to get a few days break within all the melancholy of winter.

Thanks Mister
Don't forget your hat ..

Truth. I'm so tired of Winter. Cleverly penned, Speak. Into the list it belongs. It's been so cold, I sometimes loose my train of thought. Appreciate you.

Damian

It is a long slog D.
Everyday the same.
The city winds can't end fast enough.
I'm good down to 20 degrees but my pre-dawn dog walks are a challenge.  Maybe I need some dog fur myself....

Thx D

I'll take this and another 6 months please. Summer is nice if it's 75 and breezy. Cool poem and photo.

Yeah Keith
We all want 75 degrees but you have to go to San Diego to cop that year round.  
I've got enough skin cancer issues, 75 and sunny day after day would be my downfall.
All that cheerfulness too might be a problem for this ranger.  
Hmm winter is looking up..

Thx bro

That's true. San Diego is a nice climate. I see. Well I'm enjoying this cold snap right now.
People are fickle. When it's cold, they want hot, when it's hot they want cold. Shut up already! Be happy that we have 4 seasons here in NY.

True dat son
New Yorkers are fickle indeed

That is just right on point.  Nice!

Bat

Thanks brother Bat
I appreciate the nod !

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I won't complain of the cold, that's just a clothing issue. But the dark.... ugh, it seeps into the pores, and you've nailed it with that waiting feeling...

This is so relatable, I might have to hang onto this one.
❤️k

Yes
Especially where you hail from.

Going out pre-dawn with my dog, the only other crazy person is the guy on the corner selling fruit.  They work in 12 hour shifts 24/7.  Covered in layers of clothes and praying for Spring.  We always say good morning, it's a community thing ....  

Thx for the RL RED !
The darkness really does seep into one's pores.  We're halfway through so there's that ..

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January is a dead month. Hung over from December with nothing but cold for breakfast.
Regards
James

Now that's poetry James
I hear ya

February ain't much better,  usually snowy

March is undecided so raw on the menu

April is all over the place

May ..... Rocks

May is optimum

May is optimum

This month is ripping my inner bits to shreds.
I had ONE feeling left. ONE.
I was saving it.
And this fucking month, this winter, and ick is gonna crush it.

Join the club woman.
But its gonna get better
Hold me to it ..
Courage B

Waiting with you. I've got snacks & lots of water...the next couple weeks are gonna be a decade, I swear. And then the darkness settles. Anybody have any rockets?

Yeah, next week will suck dead dog dicks.
But we are on the other side of it and it is staying lighter longer so it makes it doable..

Thx for the RL Willow

Yes it's chilly (and I know NYC is hella cold), but there is a warm feeling when you do get those smiles and embraces.
BL

Dang
It was 17 degrees when I walked my dog this morning.  All of January has been an icebox.
Can't wait for February, not a fun month either but heading towards Spring ...
Grateful for my earmuffs

Thx W

17!
I'm originally from L.A. but some high school friends who moved to places like Wisconsin and Oklahoma will post something like "it's negative 10 today" or "five feet of snow".

I can't really complain about 32 on a chilly morning.

I can do 20 degrees with no wind but often it's very windy here in winter.  The winds start mid-October and run to mid-May...
I always question why I live here but bohemians are always questioning when we already know the answers .... Weird science I guess..