Wrap up your sadness and defeats―
tenderly, lovingly, set them aside,
Lest they crowd out joys and hopes
in that suitcase marked New Year.
Now, gently, exhale all that is heavy
so that you might inhale Light, again.
Surrender the old year, at day’s end
and yield to be reborn the next year
Begin anew, hotly hammering desires
set to cool by a too-passionate mind
Bend, bow, sway and swell like a sail
breathing steadily the winds of Time
standing at full stature, like a mast
navigating conflicting currents or ways.
Slip through the lock of the self
to free the treasure from the chest
learn to keep still and keep moving
to soar like a bird, or a cloud, on air.
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