Napowrimo #30: free day (and farewell)

Prompt for Day 30
Today is the last day of (Inter)National Poetry Month and the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge. The prompt today is a free day — write and share whatever you like.

Last day! Endings always make me sad. My thanks to the fantastic Read Write Poem Staff. I fell into this by accident and have enjoyed meeting the many talented and creative writers who took part in this amazing experience with me. I hope to find a way to stay connected to the artistic spirit I found here on these internet pages.

"Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos." ~Charles M. Schulz


A Season Almost Ended
Bloated raindrops drip from the eaves
of the house next door, crash loudly
on the cracked asphalt driveway.
Mottled oak leaves cling to scraggy branches,
holding tightly, not ready to let go.
Random patches of snow shelter the grass;
weary grayness permeates the afternoon,
flat and used up like an old woman.
Layer by layer, winter melts away.