new year

A new year withNo room for old tearsOr resistance fromSlicing away aged fearsI’ve got my jaded leatherGloves on I’m ready forThe shears of the eternityOf fresh beginningsAnd know babyIt hasn’t just occurred to meThat you aren’t confinedYet a lovely sifted throughSandy find The birds are dreaming withWolves bellowing highWater washing bright theFossilized lie free that […]

new year

Written just before the start of 2020, New Year explores the tension between hope and uncertainty. Through imagery of darkness, depression, mechanical wings, and fresh breaths, this poem captures the longing for a new beginning while questioning whether the future will heal old wounds or create new ones.