(Wendy Cabell, January 22, 2022, Chinese New Year (Water Rabbit), and feast day of (above) Our Lady of Bethlehem, Saint Wendreda (her "angel roof" here, here, here) and Saint Blaesilla. Jewish calendar today marks end of winter ("as per Genesis 8:22, the year consists of six 2-month 'seasons': seedtime, harvest, cold, heat, summer and winter"). Image from here.)
BFF
…as your breath goes out,
you go out with…
—Chögyam Trungpa
gone pilgrimagin, as
horizon opens for me and thee
most steady, most pleasant
your company
**From combined prompts: Freewrite as inspired by new year of Water Rabbit, etymology of “breath”, and relevant quotes, as well as by “Spring Poem For the Sake of Breathing, Written After a Walk to Foster Island” by James Masao Mitsu. From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, January 22, 2023.
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