January Is the Month (after Emily)

January is the month to know your leader,
to leash yourself to what charms you, dig in your heels,
And get dragged by a dream.

February hides behind January, smaller,
And any real January sheen 
Sticks around through Feb.
February is the proof of whatever January was.

So January the dough,

February the freezing oven,

And in March

I guess we see who gets baked

Or rises. 

As for me I am ragefully joyous, and notice how much I lack,

and fill it by remembering

how to have a January heart

and a February mind,

and not to worry about March,

because that's the month we all create together.