Onward in 2017


ONWARD
Stars dot a clear sky
Cold and quiet
No morning is the same
No year is the same
Waking early to sit in stillness
Of a newborn year
Facing a mind that does not change
A mind that rambles on
A mind that is not still
But hopes for change
2016 ended…
An era in my life
No longer shackled to routine
Chains have been hacksawed
Freedom is dangling in front of my eyes
2016 ended…
With a well laid-out design for my future path
A soft voice counsels to make no such plans
Urges me to float freely, fluidly,
Flowing harmoniously within the tide of creativity
2016 dealt unhealthy doses of
Pain, struggle, sadness, hardship,
Disappointment, and stress
Whenever hope and light,
Joy and relief, happiness and gratitude
Found a way to sneak passed the gatekeeper
It did, giving us hope
2017 tells me it is a dream
Yet to be conjured into reality
Reality will be the dream
I wish it to be.
© Patricia Missler, January 1, 2017