Sunday, January 1, 2017

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON NEW YEARS DAY

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I have trouble with goodbyes.
Even if each ending that rips time
Creates a demarcation, a space
For something new.
          *
Today I want to change.
I want to accept that the past 
Leaves good and bad traces,
Like the wrinkles of time
On our faces, the maps 
Of what we've lived,
Perhaps of what we've learned.
          *
Every day is day 1.
Calendars lie, as if 
A number can contain
Each huge and tiny wave 
Of the ocean. 
          *
On day 1
I want to approach life
As if my thoughts, my eyes,  
My skin, my organs, my face,
My arms, my hands
And YOU
Are wrapped in one heart.
          *
Each day 1
May we live the way 
A good, strong
Healthy heart 
Beats.



Happy New Year!

(For Poets United.)

11 comments:

  1. Positive and hopeful, and a way to move forward through our Day 1's, my friend. Well said. Lovely to reads you just before I head out the door through the mountains to the beach. Am praying for good roads.

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  2. A lovely spin.
    May we all live that way. Always.

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  3. I resonate so strongly with the emotions stirring in this beautiful poem, Myrna. May the new year bring peace and happiness for us all. Amen.


    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  4. This sounds like a lovely plan - a thoughtful and thought provoking piece, Myrna.

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  5. Need all that positive energy for sure! Happy new year!

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  6. 'Every day is day 1' reads like such an inspiring quote...i could live by it forever...Happy New Year Myrna :)

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  7. I think seeing each day as the first day seems valuable - i hope that each new one brings you some light

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  8. I agree with what you write. Here's to day 1.

    Elizabeth

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  9. Yes, calendars are artificial devices we invented. (Originally we just wanted to mark the changing seasons, as reference points.) I like the idea that every day can be Day 1 – which of course is truly how it is.

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  10. i like the positve message in this poem, especially the imagery of strophe #3.
    may each day be filled with light. :)

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  11. I'll take all the positive words, phrases and poems I can get!

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