A Year Gone

After a month they will say The year passed so soon As they have said before When it is November And cold would bite their Toes and fingers and lips They apply balm at night When they go to sleep and Get under the blanket They murmur to each other The year passed so soon It seems like we have Celebrated the New Year Yesterday And the December cold Gives them extra sneezes And yawns and they don't Feel like waking up and feel The frozen floor with their toes As the sun peeps through The window polished with mist They realized the year is indeed Not long as they have thought At the beginning of the year