Anew
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Oh how we mark time with heartbeats
and regrets of a passing old year
a recycle of life, a renewal of hope
as we learn how to be
and we cope, and we cope…
And what’s left all behind on the sand
but a set of footprints,
some are clear
and then others erased by the waves,
some alone
and then others stand
side by side with familiar imprints
of the ones dearly loved.
And in counting the beats of our hearts
we pause briefly on graves
with unfinished tombstones
and realize after all there is an end
to the struggles in life, and the pain
it bestowed on this flesh
which we carefully tend-
So let’s welcome the unknowns
and the vast possibilities, to ascertain
all the reasons to smile and to love
between every heartbeat-
And I welcome the new that will come
with the passing of years
without knowing how long it will take
for my name to be spelled on the stones,
with a smile I will face the sunrise
and grow hope in the midst of my fears-
–
H.O
“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”
― Alfred Tennyson
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!