The Winter Solstice Approaches

Less daylight, more memories

Photo by Georg Eiermann on Unsplash

Late Fall’s darker, colder nights warn of Winter’s approach
These longer nights have now captured more of the time
In each twenty-four hours counted as a calendar day.
The longer span of darkness fools my brain and my body
Into the deceptive delusion that Winter’s daily divisions
Do indeed last longer than twenty-four hours each.