shanah by Abigail Hawk
what is
past is prologue
I begin again
‘tis the season
for reinvention
I molt
like the tarantula
trembling
I shed my skin
like the snake
whose suit no longer suits my newness
shines
I am fragile
I shift my shoulders
like the selkie as she rises
from the sea, salt
and seal forgotten
walking off
water
towards dawn
*“Shanah” is the Hebrew word for year. Some scholars believe Shanah can mean both “repeat” and “change,” as in “the repeating cycle of seasonal change.”
Abigail Hawk
Abigail Hawk is an award-winning actor, singer, writer, humanitarian, and mom. She has starred opposite industry giants Chevy Chase, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Gaffigan, and Mariska Hargitay, to name a few, but she most enjoys working alongside legend Tom Selleck as Detective Abigail Baker on the CBS series, Blue Bloods. When she’s not keeping Commissioner Reagan in line, Abigail enjoys singing, writing, living, loving, over-posting on social media, and parenting two brilliant sons with her husband.