January Crawling

January is... what January is. 

Cold.

Unrelenting cold that crawls
deep inside natures sterile
fragile frozen skin.
My mind becomes numb,
having to deal with it,
prepare for it,
live with it. 

Anxiety is real!
Needing to be somewhere,
 questioning your automobiles desire
to spark against the death grip of frost.
Oh you are pretty sure it will start.
But the anticipation of turning the key looms in the back of your mind.

January is such a solitary month.
Gone is the merriment,
 The colors of December.
It's the beginning of a new year,
a blank slate,
 a new start.
But the deep never ending cold
crawls into your being,
your mind,
your psyche.
 It can sometimes overwhelm
your tired and frozen soul,
 optimism is hard to find
in the frigid days of January.

Granted I may be
overreacting to the season.
I may be looking too deeply into the negative effects of this month.
Exploring the cold,
cruel darkness
 that seems to crawl
into your head
as only January can.

But remember this...
there is always a January thaw!!

Keep warm!!