Lights Out

This morning, as I scrapped ice off my car so I could see to drive through the freezing cold to yoga class, it hit me: everyone on my block has taken down their Christmas lights. No wonder it’s so dark around here, seems so quiet, so early, so late, so lonely, so sad. I try to cheer myself up, remind myself that the days are getting longer, warmer, that spring is coming, but it doesn’t work. I get in my car and drive away, into the dark morning that looks so much like the middle of the night.