Remember These Days
You tried to morph
into bird or anything
but who you were
and ran in woods
to feel pain so raw
you could escape, at least
metaphorically.
Years later,
you stop running.
You welcome winter
in your body, icicles
hang to your bones
and you skinless
like the bare-branch trees
you call friends.
Come spring,
you bloom again.
Tianyi Wang
I am Tianyi, a medical student who has dabbled in creative writing and poetry since middle school. This poem connects to the theme of revival by attempting to elucidate the concept of feeling into the seasons of your life that are more vulnerable, uncertain, and exposed to the "cold air" of life (rather than trying to escape, or trying to be something or someone you are not). There is a beauty to these winter seasons, and often needed for true revival and blooming.