Mind Clouds

Story ID:	757
Written by:	Cynthia Jo Ross (bio, contact, other stories)
Organization:	Lens to the Past
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Towanda Kansas USA
Year:	1999
Person:	Depression

Mind Clouds

Storm clouds form above
My head in late August
Dubiously I glance about

By October a steady rain
Dreary on my shoulders
Never lifting

As daylight dims in November
I gorge myself with
Leftover Halloween candy

Never feeling satisfied
By December I want to
Pull the covers over my head

Sleeping through January
My bones stiffen
With extreme cold

February dawns bleak
I could kill the silly darting
Cupid with his own arrow

The crashing of icicles
Rattles my brain and the
Darn dripping drives me insane

When I feel it will never end
March winds blow in
A crocus appears and grows

May is here
My heart thaws
Mind clouds drift away