David and I put our creative minds together, and the end result was this rengay—a small meditation on thaw, on breath, on what returns to life:

DAVID

ice on orchid roots
melts tropical assumptions
~ drip offers comfort

DAWN

warmth hums through patience
sun summons light’s rays beaming

DAVID

window slightly cracked
a cautious fragrance wandering
nothing urging bloom

DAWN

except when soul cries
the joy of the human heart
springs forth abundance

DAVID

first cry of a newborn child
the world answers with warm hands

DAWN

frost returns as dew
tiny fingers curl and cling
It’s morning again

Afterword: A rengay is a short collaborative linked-verse poem which unfolds in six three-line stanzas, with poets alternating sections. Each stanza connects to the one before it. It relies on suggestion, image, and restraint. By the final stanza, the poem subtly circles back to its beginning, creating a sense of return—two voices linked through attentive exchange.

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In creative solidarity, Dee