Seasons<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There’s the suddenness of winter,<\/span> The birds are singing a sweet new melody The school bells no longer ring into the air. The seasons keep coming, <\/p>\n “Seasons” was selected by Hai-Dang Phan as a finalist in the Distinguished Voices Poetry Contest.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Caleigh Pfalzer<\/strong> is a SUNY Cortland alumni that graduated in May ’24, majoring in both anthropology and criminology. She writes in her free time as it helps her to explore the complexity of her emotions and better explain how she feels through concepts in her work. Her passion for writing began during her freshman year of high school, when her childhood friend, Trevor, tragically passed away. Struggling to find any media or work that captured the feeling of losing a friend at such a young age, Caleigh began writing to sort through the feelings of denial and grief. One day, she aims to be less shy about her work and to put it out there publicly. She hopes that her work can make someone else feel like they are not alone in the way that they feel, especially if they share a similar experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nWhere I feel lost within the snow.
\nIt keeps falling endlessly
\nLike the time I’ve been wanting to stop.
\nYou can hear our blades cutting into the ice,
\nsimilar to the feeling of nostalgia,
\nThat slices my heart like a knife.<\/p>\n
\nof spring,
\nAnd the flowers bloom.
\nThen sadness wanders,
\nAnd yes there are plenty of colors,
\nBut I paint the picture in shades of blue.<\/p>\n
\nAll that remains is a subtle realization
\nOf what was supposed to be.
\nThe sweat beads form from the ache of summer heat,
\nAnd unspoken words stream from my cheeks.
\nYou’re everywhere but nowhere,
\nin nature’s color; green.<\/p>\n
\nLeading to fading memories;
\nSo fragile like the autumn leaves.
\nAnd once again it’s October,
\nThe incoming of unannounced somber.
\nAnd I feel my hold blowing,
\nBlowing away with the leaves.<\/p>\n
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