It will soon be the end of another year,
in a cloud of what the new year will bring,
celebrating and shouting with a loud cheer,
I wonder, in it’s passing, did we learn a thing.
Sadly, it seems in life, we just keep repeating,
making the same mistakes along the way,
yesterday’s dreams gone, we take a beating,
never appreciating the beauty of a new day.
This year, it is going to be different than before,
for I have a new year resolution on my mind,
each day I will try to open at least one new door,
so much to experience, before I run out of time.
There is a lot in this world for me to see,
many faces of whom I could call friends,
so much more that I, myself, could be,
I need to find myself before the very end.
This year when I say happy New Year to you,
it will come from my heart for you to embrace,
as my spirit soars like an eagle in the sky of blue,
memories that won’t disappear without a trace.
A short story of mine was included in an anthology of short fiction by fourteen of Port Town Publishing Company's authors. It is out of print and no longer available except as a download. Contact me at charlenetess@yahoo.com if you want it.
What began as Songs of the Angelic Gaze in the summer of 2006 continued the following year as The Bridge of Silver Wings, and developed even further two years after that into The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009. Whether readers describe it as a conversa