#januarty2026

It stretches,

Lying across so many hours

A seemingly endless repetition,

Rinse and repeat.

It stretches,

Over more miles

Than i can easily travel,

The distance between me and

The one i love.

It stretches,

So far back in my memory

The recollections get jumbled,

It's been a long journey,

Shelter and shade,

Breath of the land,

A shape mimic'd

Above, below and within.

Sleeping now,

At least by me,

Limbs bare and creaking,

Fuel for the fire,

Perhaps my home,

So many uses

A habit since my teens,

One that I've used to

Deal with mental issues,

A crutch that society only recently

Accepts,

A vice that's started

And ended relationships.

But one that's helped me survive

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It's the time of cold, ice and snow,

And i look forward

To when it's warm and green,

Or perhaps

When it cool, red, orange and yellow,

But those are separated by

The hot, humid days,

Changing over the year

A definitive end with

No coming back,

Not like my relationships

Or freindships which dwindle or surge

Over time,

Almost nothing is forever,

Even diamonds wear away,

Only death

Is truly

The color of spring

And regrowth, sadly lacking at the

Moment,

When all is white and cold.

It calms us,

A promise of things to eat and

Gentle and light,

Cottony layer over field and branch,

No clamorous riot,

Just the faint wind whisper

As sylphs lightly run to and fro,

No tough job

Just an easy, effortless try,

No need to be hard,

A twist of ribbon or cloth,

Around a neck or

On top a present,

Dainty hair decorations,

A celebration wrought

With some loops and a