They break through the will
of winter—
the cold of coming back,
the control of childlike spirit
cracking the responsibility
of staying alive,
the calendar
of thinking anything
is possible—
even living—
and isn’t it?
They’re back
only because they bared
to be.
Kristin Yates
Kristin Yates is an award-winning poet, artist, cat cuddler, and work in progress from Lewisville, North Carolina. Her poems have appeared in Tiny Seed Journal, Beyond the Veil Press, Writerly Magazine, Unstamatic, and others. She can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/beautefantasy/
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