February 2, 2023

Cycles : For CJM

A week turns
into a month turns
Into memories coming back
When the commercials remind you

And yet
The cycles of the seasons
Make the calendar a talisman —
The most hopeful day
Is December twenty-second.
The second shortest day
But the first in months

Longer than the last
That reminder
That things get better
If only a little every day.