Happy Chinese New Year
The new moon arrives
The old cycle exhales
Red slips onto doorways, soft and deliberate,
a small gesture against the dark
The Spring Festival begins not with noise,
but with a shift
a feeling that the air has turned over
This year, the Fire Horse steps forward
Bright. Restless. Moving with purpose
A year that doesn’t wait,
a year that runs
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