New Year’s party
Taking shots
Liquor gliding smoothly
Through a tunnel of clear ice
In a gym
Where 70 year old Marta
Learned to do pull ups
And lift 150
A time when
Deep wounds
Left scars
And clouds of uncertainty
Of middle age
Nebulous relationships
Last forever
No matter
How hard
How hurtful
How different
Store clerks and dead fisheyes
Stabbing Pollyanna
Until she becomes
Less
Happy
And
Whole
More
Hope
And
Jade