Do I Remember
Bab's Unofficial Challenge Ask Me In December
Ask me in December
after the leaves are gone
and the rains have begun, when
above us floats a gray silk sky, thick in the middle
and an aching heart wants blue breaks, wishes for
any small crack in that gray sheen
Deeper desire, the
dream is of
December, no, before December
Ask me in December
What do I remember?
Coming home in the Spring to
Green trees leafed out the week we were gone
Bald Eagles perching on their nest and
tree frogs croaking in the back,
unseen but always heard.
Violet Green Swallows soaring over the street,
and my sadness when the babies flew from their nest
without a goodbye, every mid-July.
Driving in the mountains,
walking in the forest
vistas of purple and orange mountain wildflowers.
The Seagulls soaring over the waves
while the ferry sailed to and fro.
Ask me in December,
Do I remember?
Yes, I remember,
before December.
I remember your sweet kisses
in all the months,
before December took you.
Copyright © 4/18/2024 by Andrea O. Corwin
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Comments (35)
Oh, Andrea! That's beautiful... and I find it very relatable to my own life right now. Thank you.
Awesome story I like it congratulations 🎉🎉
Beautifully written from the heart Andrea. Congratulations on top story.
Exquisitely written Andrea
Absolutely beautiful story well-deserving of the Top Story! Congrats! It makes me grateful that spring and summer is still ahead of me.
So beautiful; very touching prose Andrea!
Excellent poem! Congrats on TS!!😊
Stunning poem! I relate so much to feeling sad when spring and summer end! (Especially summer!) The cold weather always gives me the blues. Your words are beautifully strung together here!
Love this! Just beautiful.
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Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
This was beautiful and heartbreaking all in one breath. Congratulations on Top Story Andrea!!
Congrats on your top story!
AW, that's so beautifully said. almost hate to ruin the emotion with a congratulations on TS but this truly deserves it.
This is a sad but very warming poem. I always feel sad when summer and spring disappear; though I love December, I hate the chill of Winter.
December sure is heating up in here. Babs has unleashed a monster in December. Lovely poetry. Congrats.
Congrats!
This was special! The ending really got me. Congrats on Top Story
Great entry and TS. Congrats, Andrea!
Congrats on Top Story! Another nice entry into Bab’s challenge.
Wow this was absolutely beautiful!
The colors of the flowers, the movements of wildlife, so gloriously vivid. Such a contrast with the heavy dull gray of the beginning of the poem, which it circles back to in that Wham of a line at the end. A wonderful contribution to Bab's challenge!
Oh goodness, that ending. This is such a beautiful poem. Congrats on the TS.
This is poignantly beautiful. I wasn't expecting the end at all.
i agree with Dharr!