A new time
Finally
I wash my tainted hands
With the springs of the new year
I yearn to shed my old skin
To become something
Fresh and great
With the countdown
I recount
Everything I’ve done wary
And I rinse them off
With the bubbles of golden champagne
New again.
Joy Yin is a fourteen-year-old Chinese American writer and poet. She has works either forthcoming or already published in Skipping Stones Magazine, Scfaikuest, Wonton’s Letter, Fluorescent Magazine, Star*Line, and more. She has always had a love for reading and writing, in her free time, she likes to curl up and read a good book. Joy is currently based in Mexico City. Find her on Instagram at @joyyinm88.