JANUARY, UNFOLDING

Not every new year arrives with fireworks.
Some arrive softly—wrapped in moonlight,
asking us to listen, to open, to try again.
This is one of those beginnings.

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THE TREE THAT REMEMBERS
— a seasonal meditation

We dressed a tree in light
so winter wouldn’t forget us.
Somewhere between the branches,
memory learned how to glow.

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MELT — winter remembers before we do

Sometimes all it takes is hot #cocoa and a drifting #marshmallow
to remind us:
sweetness doesn’t shout—
it lingers.

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SNOW THAT REMEMBERS — when someone on the other side thinks of you

Snow drifted down tonight with the quiet comfort of something—
or someone—remembering me from somewhere I can’t reach
Funny how the cold sometimes brings the softest truths.

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AS I LET IT GO —release without erasing what was

I didn’t release the memory.
I released the weight of carrying it.

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GRAVITY OF YOU — the unfinished story that continued breathing

Some stories don’t close,
they simply move inward —
becoming memory, pulse, atmosphere.
No endings, no beginning again.
Just the quiet pull of what was real.

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Tongue-in-cheek ku for @poetiqueverse theme:

painting sunflowers
she wonders if I ever
hear a word she says

#senryu #haiku #art