New Year's Wish
DR VARG
The New Year's young, it's fresh and warm.
An era new's been introduced.
They're part of us, we can't deny.
We've got to somehow figure out
They force of us, a place to live;
If we don't give them what they need--
They've made their mark. They've molded us.
The New Year yes! brings freshness, hope;
But we still need to face our past
We truly must accept, yet probe
Then we can move to our new day
A new transition's here!
The time is ripe; new goals to form;
ahead's now where to steer.
A new beginning is at hand.
Cast off the old routine!
But though were in a brand-new land,
the slate's not been wiped clean!
T'the past, we must not cling!
But all our seeds that we've produced
along with us, we bring.
They make up who we are.
They've molded us. Inside they lie,
existing like a scar.
the place they're parked in; stored.
They'll show themselves, there is no doubt!
They mustn't be ignored!
inside they grab a spot!
A place to them, we must them, give.
They won't just be forgot!
just billow on ahead--
then from their grasp, we'll not be freed;
they'll hold us back, instead!
To dash forth may feel right and brave;
a noble plan, it seems.
But this won't serve us well; with grave
shortsightedness, it teems.
We might not like their taste
but they're there! They've enfolded us;
they beckon to be faced.
a door, we're passing through.
Fulfillment's in our vision's scope;
there's promise in the view.
and come to terms with this!
Or else our faith will not long, last;
the new life, we will miss!
our life and where we've been.
And reach a state, like that with Job
so we can say, "Amen"
with peacefulness within
and unified, perhaps we may
find how we should begin.
David R. Varg (1-3-01)
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