January – Melanie Gillies

This quiescent January interlude
is an essential gap between the old and the new.
The past, trailing all of history behind
lingering on the present time.

The future beckons loudly ahead –
attend to me instead!
I will occupy your mind
in a hypothetical, virtual time.

Instead indulge in a restorative retreat
and let January, its secrets, teach.

My gifts are cold, dark and pure
to be treasured even more.
For if love and beauty are experienced now,
it is possible all year round.

Calendars attempt to map out
and out earthly sojourn to count.
Eternity cannot so easily be contained
in a twelve month frame.