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