This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SLU chapter.
Fall is coming
and we rush towards
the painted trees,
the cute clothes we’ll wear
and the smell and crunch of leaves.
—
The pumpkin and cinnamon smells
will waft to us
and for a few weeks
we will bask
in the calmness
that it brings.
—
But fall is coming,
and with fall
comes dread
as we step into winter.
—
We see the fog
of deeper depression
floating towards us,
and the coldness
of winter will be next.
—
The sun will not warm us,
and give us the blanket
that protects us
from the darkness
we feel
for those three
tranquil months.
—
Winter will bring
a different kind of blanket,
one that does not warm,
but instead traps the cold
inside of us.
So, we will tremble
as our depression
begins to nest deeper
into our bones.