HOW TO COME FULL CIRCLE IN FIVE STEPS, MORE OR LESS
by Claudine Nash, New Rochelle, NY
1. Return to the place
where you started and
feel hope rise again
like heat.
2. Though this spot seemed
so lost to you, slip back
seamlessly into its loop.
See how its arc suits you,
how it fits and fills the
gaps and breaks, all the
empty inches within you.
3. Now summon the day
the wind blew the musts
and shoulds, the can'ts and
won'ts away from you.
This is the moment that
marks your re-beginning.
4. Lean forward and
draw on the past.
Make sure to send
yourself this message
over and again,
on a rolled slip affixed
to tired carrier pigeon
or through the mint
leaves that swirl through
your cup.
5. Spin three sixty and
soak in the stunning cuts
of light that bound about
this sight. Throw open
your eyes and find
yourself in this
open-aired space
changed, the same,
gloriously reclaimed.
