Breathing Toward Tomorrow

I release the year behind me with gratitude,

not regret

Truthfully, we survived each other.

That I count as a win.

I welcome what is coming

with open hands and steady breath.

Curiosity captures me while I dream about what’s to come next.

So I no longer demand answers,

I only crave change and the shift of a world I once knew.

This new year is not a reset, but a continuation

of a woman still standing,

Still dreaming up a life worth living.

This new year,

you can find me revived, alive and choosing hope.