This Holiday. The ice may be free,
But I am missing important
People dancing around my mind
In imaginary ice-skates,
Making this A Solemn Season. I used to watch
The couples ice-skating competitions with
My Gramma, and
My Pop-Pop,
Never knowing what ice-skating had,
Really meant to my
Grandparents,
Until recent years,
When it was revealed that
The Ice Capades was their first date.
I am watching Holiday Hallmark
Ice-skating movies, reminiscing
The ice-dancers,
And the festive
Christmas music playing in the background,
Has given me reverberating ice-tears.
©2025Ellen Finn
Nov 27, 2025
Nov 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM UTC
This Holiday. The ice may be free,
But I am missing important
People dancing around my mind
In imaginary ice-skates,
Making this A Solemn Season. I used to watch
The couples ice-skating competitions with
My Gramma, and
My Pop-Pop,
Never knowing what ice-skating had,
Really meant to my
Grandparents,
Until recent years,
When it was revealed that
The Ice Capades was their first date.
I am watching Holiday Hallmark
Ice-skating movies, reminiscing
The ice-dancers,
And the festive
Christmas music playing in the background,
Has given me reverberating ice-tears.
©2025Ellen Finn
