New year
It doesn't always start clean.
Things often follow us,
conversations, emotions from the previous one.
Unsaid,
unlived,
not closed.
They don't disappear on New Year's Eve.
They return in silence,
in fatigue,
in lack of energy.
Because closure doesn't happen on the calendar
— only inside.
Not closed
And you?
— what from the previous year are you still carrying within,
even though you meant to leave it behind?