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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New Year's Poem

I wrote this in the wee hours of morning when a coughing spell shook me loose from delicious sleep.  LL

 

 New Year’s Eve 2013

 

The Moon pays time no mind,
Waxing her way to fullness
As we earthlings ready ourselves
For a new year.

Poised on the brink of fresh starts
Over a safety net of hope,
We vow to do better, live deeper,
Wishing unwanted habits would
shed easily as old snake skins.

We repeat familiar rituals
Or invent new ones, good
Juju for visions
Of transformation—
Unlikely to manifest.

Nevertheless, we raise a glass
To noble thoughts, being better,
Doing better, unaware the
Sweetness in a single moment
Can lead to higher ground the next.

We’re waxing in our own way,
As the Moon smiles with great
Tenderness, paying time no mind.

                     ~ Lucinda Shirley

                             


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