After the Festive Season 

By Sis Unsworth 

It always is the same each year, something I can’t control,

a feeling that takes over me, and invades my very soul.

When Christmas is behind us, and New Year has finally passed,

I’ve made my resolutions, but as usual they won’t last.

We had the winter solstice, way back there in December,

and I’ve started my new diary, one thing I did remember.

Now something else is on my mind, it starts on New Years Eve,

a feeling that takes over me, you really won’t believe.

The festive season now is gone, and January’s here,

the nights start getting lighter, though it takes a while I fear.

I know I should be patient, as it takes sometime you know,

we must get through the winter, there may even be more snow.

The very thing I’m waiting for, obsesses me each day,

some little sign that tells me, that Spring is on its way!

Copyright Sis Unsworth