monica ramil
Winter Blues?

People often don't pay attention to how weather or even different seasons can effect them. If you have low energy or a low mood at this time of year, know that you're not alone. If you can, use this time to recharge. Listen to your body. What is it telling you? What does it need right now?Â
Like other creatures, like the bare trees, sometimes we just need to go inside ourselves.Â
Winter Tree
I feel at easeÂ
when I look at you.Â
Your bare-ness is soothing.Â
As if you have withdrawn
into yourself Â
as you must doÂ
from time to time.Â
You can not be full and lushÂ
always.Â
There must be a timeÂ
for quiet,Â
introspection.Â
Less aesthetics,Â
less surface richness
and outward abundance.
Less attention to the external.
There is so much happeningÂ
beneath the surface.Â
LifeÂ
still breathes in this rooted being,Â
in its trunk,Â
in its branches,Â
in its roots,Â
day in and day out.Â
I yearnÂ
for a similar quiet timeÂ
when I can retreatÂ
within myselfÂ
and feel into my alivenessÂ
without the distractionÂ
of the outer world
and its expectations.Â
You are a reminder of life's cycles.Â
You are a reminder to trust.
-Monica R.