i am an echo

a pause

an expectation.

i am changed and changing.

a seed, a star, soil,

the space between stars.

i am dna, history,

a particular education,

a set of leanings, a fire.

i am often in motion.

every day echoes everything

i have ever been.

deep in cold soil i turn,

awaiting, with patience

the warming spring,

the crack,

the emergence.

i am not ready yet.

within me,

winter rests.