As we stumble
from the mess of one year into the next,
Coil is a song
by Hommybird and Knee Deep In Custard
that makes you think about all the ways
things change,
we change,
and somehow just keep going in circles—
like we’re meant to,
whether we like it or not.

A spiral of life itself.
Sometimes we find ourselves caught in the coil,
retreating into bed sheets
when the weight of the world becomes too much.
Like a coil in a machine,
it takes all that pressure,
all the weight we drag around,
and lets it out,
only to pull it back in again.

As we embrace the new year,
Coil serves as a reminder:
even in the depths of struggle,
there is power in the spiralling motion,
in the pauses for rest,
and in the ongoing movement
that shapes us
into something more
than we were before.