“Think less: Trust your inner animal.”
—Holiday Mathis, “Horoscopes by
Holiday, December 19, 2020"It’s the chickadee
that saves me today.
Though the world
gets cold, the chickadee
stays. Despite snow.
Despite frost. Despite
lack of sun,
it doesn’t leave
the winter land.
Oh, tough little bird
who sticks around,
who thrives
in any weather —
whose cheerful tune
spirals like hope
through the frigid
folds of December
as if to say, Let it come.
I can sing through
anything.
Let it come.
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
From her book All the Honey