LIFE
Whispers of Winter Solitude
How changing of the season affects our thoughts inside
The wind is now colder :
The sun sets down early and goes up late, the nights are long and silent, and the cold breezes hit your face while you look down from your gallery, sipping your hot coffee while it warms your face and hands. You may visit home and meet your friends and families soon. The year is almost over now, and you have seen it all: the spring, the summer, and the autumn all leading their way to this. Looking back is almost a nostalgic feeling. Maybe some New Year resolutions couldn’t come true, and some did. It is always fascinating to see how people have changed, and so have you. Perhaps you are still not the person of your dreams, and maybe you’re still working hard to achieve that. Whatever you went through is now over, and it’s done; you made it in the end. There may not be anybody now to share your coffee with; it’s just you alone, as always. I guess I have gotten used to this now; experiencing all the joy and sadness alone is an art we may have mastered. Though it often is a bit lonely.
Celebrations and new year:
Packing up things and heading home for celebrations, such as selecting gifts for your family and friends, is also happening. Your eyes catch a glimpse of the view outside, and you see how the wet grass feels calming as if there is nothing you should be worried about. The gentle breeze and the leaves of the trees, which are a little less visible, definitely make up for getting up from your warm and cozy bed. The feeling of an end arriving sets into your heart, and you remember that another new year is around the corner: new beginnings and old places. People are happy and excited to welcome all this. Your eyes fall on A small girl who passes by on the road, dancing and singing her melodies as if life never let her down. “She appears so happy; maybe I, too, used to be like that,” you say. Thinking back to how it will be four years since 2020 and how your life has changed since then, it’s so different now that you barely remember how it was back then. All the thoughts hit you, and time flies without warning or notice.
The changing times :
Lately, the memories of old friends came to meet you, how you first met them, the times you have laughed and enjoyed together, all the small fights and everything you have gone through, and where those people disappeared. The people you used to roam around and play with as if those moments would last forever are only distant memories going in your head. The roof and lawns of your childhood home, the places you played and enjoyed your childhood, how everything has changed. The people you used to meet and enjoy daily have disappeared; maybe you won’t call or contact them for a month or so. But maybe that’s what adulting means and looks like. This, perhaps, is the reality of the times we live in, and this is all there is in this winter loneliness.
