Friday, January 3, 2025

Endings… and Rebirths

In my heart, winter scribbles 

one more calming
tale of rebirth in the making-- 

pages and pages of lived endings,
showing that some deaths are just
another beginning. 


photo by Fabrice Villard, on Unsplash

for Poets and Storytellers United (Friday Writings #158: Prioritize), where we are invited to “prioritize”. The first thing that came to mind, when I saw the word, was a list of all the things I have (want?) to do, and the best way to arrange them from least to most important. The task terrified me. So, I went for something smaller (or just abstract)Winter always brews melancholy in the depths of my heart and skull (and a whole lot of pain in my joints). Nature goes so quiet, so many things die. And too often, it takes me a while to remember that winter isn’t just a cold ending, but the lull that fuels the beginning of a spring to come. So, I’ll focus on that: I will remind my flesh and spirit and bones and me that winter is a death that brings rebirth… eventually.

12 comments:

  1. You have crystallised and distilled the feeling of winter so beautifully - Jae

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  2. Amid the turmoil a calming tale feels like a gift this New Year. Hope you have an amazing and healthy 2025, Magaly!

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  3. It is beautiful to turn winter around and make it a beginning, spring then will be born from it...hope the new year is healthy and happy.

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  4. I like winter. It is a break from the heat and madness of summer.

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  5. Lovely words.
    Agree with you. Every end is a beginning.
    We all have a looong To-Do list. The thought terrifies but also empowers. May we all achieve lots this year!

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  6. I'd venture to say that every death, of every kind, is also a new beginning.

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  7. after end comes the beginning...

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  8. This is profound, Magaly. Wishing you everything good in 2025.

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  9. Warmth and calming tales of beginnings to you.

    PK

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  10. As always you write from the heat and show truth.

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  11. Exactly what winter is. I wish you health and peace in 2025.

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