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Spring You came yelling into my room with a news that I’d been waiting for the longest time. Over the entire spring break I kept counting days, until you finally said, They’re flowering! Wake up! You’ve been asleep for an entire day, don’t you want to see them? For eighteen years, I’ve not jerked asContinue reading “The Vicissitude of Seasons”

Fall An infinite collection of maple leaves led me on. Remember how we switched places on the swing every afternoon until we ran out of breath? I wish I could take a gasp. And when you made me honey cinnamon rolls, I wish I could take a mouthful at once. The time you told meContinue reading “The Vicissitude of Seasons”

Winter You set in like the tiny creature under my bed, comforting however. Moments when the snow touched my nose and the ice embraced my two left feet, I felt liberated. Moments when I curled up close to the fireplace with your hand in mine, I felt liberated. Moments when the mirror was overcasted withContinue reading “The Vicissitude of Seasons”

vɨˈsɪs.ɨˌt(j)u(ː)d], [vaɪˈsɪs.ɨˌt(j)u(ː)d] Noun vicissitude (plural vicissitudes) Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.Synonyms: ups and downs (often, in the plural) A change, especially in one’s life or fortunes

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton