Just when you thought another frozen day would do you in,
January breathes a few degrees of warmth into the world, enough
to heal you, enough to transform ice into water again.
It’s not the last of the arctic days. But it’s enough to let you relax,
to loosen your tight shoulders, to walk without a hat if you want.
Remember this when the next round comes.
Nothing lasts forever. Ice turns to water, then back again.
It makes us strong. We get to practice our resilience,
to practice ease with all that comes.