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Goodbye, Winter

            Winter is almost over now
I spent most of the year
Dreading you
You are a curse that always 
Lasts about 2 to 3 months
Though, each year I'm alive 
Your visits grow shorter

You remind me of death
Everything will leave us in time
All living entities have an Expiration 
Not all dates are readable or Predictable
But winter comes and takes so much away from us.

It is hard to even appreciate Autumn 
When you think about 
All of the beauty dying. 
All of the colors drying out.
And the Withering…
The challenge to find beauty
In less expected places.

The air, although it seems, crisp at first, becomes
Far more chilling, and intolerable.
The greater the years I am alive, 
The more brutal it feels.
It gets to feeling like 
I have no skin at all.

But now, I realize
Spring is actually coming.
Spring is a hopeful time yet 
Will I ironically miss the dread?
I feel remorse for the fact that 
I have no excuse to stay 
Inside, isolated, and depressed.
This feels much more like my 
Genuine human state.

I cannot resist the world in Spring when life is reborn
I literally have no reasons left
To not go outside.
The experience of the world is 
Waiting for me.
Am I ready?


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Taken on: January 14, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS R, f/13.0, 1/30 sec, 100mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS R
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.4 (Macintosh)
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