False December

by Shruti   Mar 6, 2016


Gazing at the pearls
adorning the sky...
the magic of laughter...overwhelming the winter air.
Sitting around a campfire...
A night to remember, it was.
Do you?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Another night.
It was December,
again.
Winter's breath cloaked the air.
I strolled on the snow...
leaving behind my steps,
to walk again, another December.
I reached that lane.
I breathed again,
to scent that familiar magic...
of your laughter.
And all I found,
was the lost fragment...
...of a torn leaf.
I walked back...
with an autumn leaf
in my palm...
with the smell of persisting autumn.
- - - - - - - -
December?

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  • 7 years ago

    by Augustus Black

    This is great writing skills of yours. What a fantastic poem...! Just written from the profoundest part of the heart.

    Great write. Keep on shining.

    • 7 years ago

      by Shruti

      Thanks a lot :)

  • 8 years ago

    by Milly Hayward

    This poem gives an air of magical memories.
    the magic of laughter overwhelming the winter air immediately conjures groups of children laughing and playing all wrapped up in coats and scarves.

    Sitting around a campfire reminds me of toasting marshmallows with friends and those moments with friends are always magical moments.

    Winters breath cloaked the air immediately reminds me of frost and snow and leaving steps to walk again another December gives
    the impression of a path well known
    the smell of the familiar magic, memories of
    a loved ones laughter yet finding nothing but the fragment of a torn leaf.

    Gives a strong image of someone lost to you. The mention of Autumn gives the impression that the loss was not so long ago.

    A sweet magical poem with undertones of sorrow very visual

    • 8 years ago

      by Shruti

      You've very well explained this small piece of memory.
      You have got it right. Every line.
      Thanks.

  • 8 years ago

    by Em

    Such a mystical yet beautiful piece

    • 8 years ago

      by Shruti

      Thank you Em.

  • 8 years ago

    by Hellon

    There is something quite mystical about this poem...from the title..False December to the content has me guessing. I like how you have taken the reader to the first 'short' version of that first December and takes us back to the next one. You don't tell us what happened (if anything) in between and I loved the aspect of having to guess...I really enjoyed this one...

    • 8 years ago

      by Shruti

      Glad that you enjoyed it.
      Thank you.

  • 8 years ago

    by nancy

    Quite a strange poem bt well done.

    • 8 years ago

      by Shruti

      :p. Thanks!