We Are Year Older Now

We are all a year older now.

Softer, wilder, breathless and breath-filled.

We are all a year older now.

Stories written on our faces, the artistry of spots and lines.

We are all a year older now.

Fences repaired, fences erected, fences removed.

We are all a year older now.

Ancestors visiting, visited, embodied, prayed to, dined with, sung to, laid to rest, born again.

We are all a year older now.

Feeling the sour anger, the churning rage, the looping confusion, the euphoria of companionship, the quiet contentment of simply being.

We are shattered and scattered, and yet, trusting and hopeful, the valley of our heart deepened to make space. The Earth will fill us again.

We are all a year older now.

We know, are, and create bewildering beauty.

We are all a year older now.

Like trees, graceful, wise, and alive.

Goodbye, 2021,

Welcome, 2022.

Mimi
Founder, spirit communicator and Wu shamanic