Tag: january

I Wear This Winter Like a Cloak

by Lindsay, posted in poetry 
I wear this winter like a cloak
 Unlike past winters that have worn me.
  
 Each visible puff of breath 
 Proof of existing (and
Nevertheless rosy-cheeked),
 In spite of northerly wind
 And bleakened landscape.
  
 As I breathe life out into this bitter world
It breathes it back into me.
  
 For on these cold winter nights
 We are all chimneyed-factories,
 Burning heat within and
 Emitting puffs of steam 
 Against the long night sky.

I Want to Be a Poet.

by Lindsay, posted in poetry, writing 
I want to be a poet and a painter
 A writer and a dancer
  
 I want to capture the world as I see it 
 And dissect it to be examined
  
 I want to empty my mind 
 With the light and dark of the world
  
 And spend my days beneath broad leaves
 Or even bare branches
  
 The roots of trees hugging me 
 Without ever touching me
  
 Pulling me in through the dirt
 As I remain on top soil
  
 Though I am not a plant
 I would be lucky to be so green
 And growing towards the sun

Happy New Year everyone! For the first year in a while, I don’t have any concrete resolutions this January first. What I do have is this: a new year with new thoughts, new energy, new longings.