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Summary: It's been a long, cold winter for the turtles.

Genre: Poetry/Angst

Rating: K+

Title: Endless Winter

I've come to hate this endless winter

Stuck here too long with my bros and Splinter

Beneath the streets in our cold sewer lair

Where heated tempers are starting to flare

I know mine is, I can't bear it, being caged

The more I'm told to stay, the more I'm enraged

The summer spells freedom, openness, space

Those were the days; me and my bros would race

Across the roofs, the orange June sun would set

Back when we were younger, days I can't forget

But with some regret I look back on those years

A time of childish fears, and hey, no beers

I didn't value what we had, each other

The times I shared with my father, my brothers

Those memories are bathed in light and sun

That's why I wish this lingering winter would be done

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Endless winter, undying, infinite

And I'm running out of tools to make things right

I can't venture out to the yard for parts

That's why I'm hoping for spring to start

My brothers are bored, the DVD's broke

I asked who did it, nobody spoke

I'm usually calm, but right then I got cross

And I told them just what their recklessness cost

If I can't leave the lair, I can't fix their stuff

Their boredom's built up, living's getting tough

So one night I snuck out, but the snow held me back

When I got home, Sensei's mood was black

But when I stopped freezing and sneezing, he said

He was proud that I put my family ahead

Of myself, but still it's not solved the dilemma

Of trying to get through one of the worst winters ever

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This endless winter, I hope it stops soon

I'm missing the sight of the midnight moon

It calms me as I hit the streets to train

In the same way I get worked up when it rains

Reminds me of when I was beat by the Elite

For months it's been like that, ice winds and sleet

Just one day of sun would be a treat, a ray

Of hope that summer will soon return to stay

Training's my life, and yeah, I can do it anywhere

Mostly the lair, but sometimes I too need air

It's been too cold and too dark for so long

If there's no sun soon, I'll think something's wrong

I worry sometimes about the trouble life brings

How my family's affected, how I can't control things

So if nothing else, let that be the reason

To see the end of the harshest season

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I'm bored of the endless winter we've got

Sometimes I wonder if it'll leave us or not

Each day it looks like the sun might come out

It turns colder, what's this weather about?

I try to look up, I try not to whine

I just think things look better in the sunshine

The longer the winter, the darker the days

The darker my mood, tried so many ways

To get through this freezing season lockdown

I only get so many laughs as the clown

I can be indoors, try to stay entertained

But what I hate is to see my family so drained

Cooped up inside, shivering in the cold

But over this winter, if there's one thing we can hold

In our hearts, it's that we'll beat this as one

United, we wait 'til we next see the sun