Summer’s over and I love autumn but

I can’t shake the ominous feeling

 that something lurks nearby 

The days begin to shorten, 

I feel it creeping

October now and I exhale in clouds

It’s getting closer

I wish I could stop it, 

but for each step I take,

It leaps

It stalks me with perfect precision 

November is here and with it,

The years first snow

I can feel it now

It’s breath blows thick,  

on the back of my neck

I saw it coming this year but still,

Was not prepared 

The days are now bitter and cold

And the frigid winter air nips at my skin

Much like it nips at me

I try to run, but I can’t reverse time and 

Now it’s hold on me is much too strong

For me to break

Winter is here

And I once again fall victim to my attacker

Chills race down my spine as it whispers 

In my ear

And in my throbbing heart

“Seasonal depression wins again.”