For Auld Lang Syne, she said

I don’t care for Christmas.

But New Year’s Eve—there’s a breath that opens a portal between the seconds to midnight, [that infamous *liminal space* the counsellor told me I needed to learn to sit in]..

10—all futures lie wide.

9—trip, fall, fly?

8—a chance at resolution.

7—the chance to explain why!

6—to say sorry.

5—to say something.

4—to lean in for the kiss …